34 BULLETIN 050, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



process of felling. Undesignated trees which are badly damaged 

 in logging shall be cut if required by the Forest officer in charge. 

 Penalty for $ EC ]9 Undesignated live trees which are cut, or injured 



carelessness and ' 



waste. through carelessness, and designated trees left uncut on areas on 



which logging has been completed shall be paid for at double the 

 current price for the class of material which they contain fixed in 

 accordance with the terms of this agreement. Timber wasted in 

 tops or stumps, designated timber broken by careless felling, and 

 any timber merchantable, acording to the terms of this agree- 

 ment, which is cut and not removed from any portion of the cut- 

 ting area when operations on such portion are completed, or be- 

 fore this agreement expires or is otherwise terminated, shall be 

 paid for at the current price for such material. The amounts 

 herein specified shall be regarded as liquidated damage and may 

 be waived in the discretion of the Forest officer in charge in acci- 

 dental or exceptional cases which involve small amounts of mate- 

 rial. Any timber remaining on the sale area at the expiration or 

 termination of this agreement, for which payment as specified in 

 this section has been made to the United States, may be removed 

 within six months from such date of expiration. 



Sec. 13. All cutting shall be done with a saw when practicable ; 

 stumps shall be cut so as to cause the least practicable waste and 

 and tU top diame tnot ni g her than eighteen (18) inches on the side adjacent to the 

 ter. highest ground for all trees with a diameter of twenty-four (24) 



inches and under at a point 4J feet from the ground, and not 

 higher than twenty-four (24) inches on the side adjacent to the 

 highest ground for all trees with a diameter over twenty-four 

 (24) inches at the point described, except in unusual cases when 

 in the discretion of the Forest officer in charge this height is not 

 considered practicable; all trees shall be utilized to as low a 

 diameter in the tops as practicable and to a minimum diameter of 

 ten (10) inches for Alaska cedar and six (6) inches for all other 

 species when merchantable in the judgment of the Forest officer in 

 charge. The log lengths shall be varied so as to secure the great- 

 est possible utilization of merchantable material. 

 Wood used as g EC- 14. Wood taken from tops or unmerchantable timber for 



fuel. 



use as fuel in connection with logging operations shall be allowed 

 free of charge. 



SCALING AND MERCHANTABILITY. 



Measurement. gEC> 15 Mate rial shall be piled, rafted, or skidded for scaling, 

 measurement, or count if required by the Forest officer in charge 

 and in such manner as he shall direct. Logs will be measured 

 in cubic feet on the basis of the length and the average middle 

 diameter inside the bark taken to the nearest inch, or, if it is 

 impracticable to secure the average middle diameter, on the basis 

 of the length and the average of the diameters inside bark at 

 the two ends of the log, each measured to the nearest inch. 



Sec. 16. If any pulpwood is cut in the form of cordwood in- 

 stead of in logs, it shall be measured in cords of 128 cubic feet 

 of slacked wood, and the number of cords converted into cubic 

 feet at the ratio of one cord equaling 100 cubic feet unless or 



