30 BULLETIN 1061, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



An idea of the conditions to which the buyers of turpentine rights 

 on the National Forest subscribe may be had from the following 

 form. The bold-face type indicates the portions of the agreement 

 that are filled in separately in each case, and the figures used repre- 

 sent about average conditions : 



United States Department of Agriculture. 



forest service. 



NAVAL STORES AGREEMENT. 



We, James F. Elder and Wm. H. Johnson, partners, doing business under the firm name 

 and style of Elder and Johnson, of Gracewood, State of Florida, hereby agree to work for 

 naval stores certain timber in the Florida National Forest in accordance with our bid submitted in 

 pursuance of a notice inviting bids therefor, duly given by publication. Said timber is all the longleaf 

 pine timber not excepted under the terms of this agreement located on an area of about 640 acres to be 

 definitely designated by a Forest officer before cupping begins in Sec. 14, T. 1 S., R. 26 W. Principal 

 meridian, within the Florida National Forest, upon which area it is estimated that 10,000 cups, more 

 or less, may be placed. In consideration of the granting of this privilege to us ice do hereby promise 

 to pay to the District Fiscal Agent ( Washington, D. C.) or such other depository or officer as shall 

 hereafter be designated, to be placed to the credit of the United States, the sum of Twenty-five hundred 

 dollars ($2,500), more or less, as maybe determined by actual count at the rate of Two hundred and 

 fifty dollars ($250) per thousand cups in installments, the first of which shall be in the sum of 

 not less than $1,000, payable on or before the date of execution of this agreement, the second 

 in the sum of not less than $800 payable on or before February 1, 1923, and the third in the 

 sum of the balance then remaining due on or before February 1, 1924, credit being given for 

 the sums, if any, hitherto deposited with the said United States depository or officer in connection with 

 this privilege. 



And we further promise and agree to work said timber in strict accordance with the following condi- 

 tions and all regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: 



1. Timber on valid claims and all timber under other contract with the Forest Service is exempt from 

 cupping under this agreement. 



2. No tree will be cupped, chipped, raked, or worked in any manner until payment has been made in 

 accordance with the terms of this agreement. 



3. Title to the product of the timber included in this agreement will remain in the United States until 

 it has been paid for as herein prescribed and removed from the tree. 



4. No timber will be cupped except that on the area designated by a Forest officer; and all timber on 

 that area will be cupped except as herein specified. 



5. No marked tree and no tree 9 inches or less in diameter at a point 4£ feet above the ground will be 

 cupped; not more than one cup will be placed on trees from 10 inches to 15 inches, inclusive, in diameter; 

 not more than two cups will be placed on trees from 16 inches to 24 inches, inclusive, in diameter, and 

 not more than three cups will be placed on any tree. 



6. The depth of streaks will not exceed 1J2 inch, excluding the bark. The width of the streaks will be so 

 regulated that not more than 1\2 inch of new wood will be taken from the upper side of each streak. The 

 faces chipped or pulled the first season will not exceed 16 inches in height from the shoulder of the first streak 

 of the season to the shoulder of the last streak of the season, including both. The faces chipped or pulled 

 in subsequent seasons will not exceed 16 inches in height, measured in the same way. A No. or smaller 

 hack or puller will be used for chipping or pulling. Bars or strips of bark not less than 4 inches wide in 

 the narrowest place will be left between faces, and this width shall not be lessened as the faces progress 

 up the tree. Where more than one face is placed on a tree, one bar between them will not exceed 8 inches 

 in width. The first streak at the base of the face will be made at the time the apron or gutter is placed. 

 Not more than one streak will be placed on any face during any week except during June and July, when 

 faces may be double streaked, provided that not more than one-half inch is added to the height of the face 

 during the week. Faces not chipped in accordance with these specifications may be marked out and the 

 cups removed by the Forest officer. 



7. A cupping system satisfactory to the Forest Supervisor will be used, and the cups and aprons or gutters 

 will be so placed that the shoulders of the first streak will be not more than 10 inches distant from the 

 bottom of the cup, and the cups first placed will be as near the ground as possible. No wood will be exposed 

 on any tree by removing the bark below the gutter or aprons. 



8. No unnecessary damage will be done to cupped trees, marked trees, or to trees below the diameter 

 limit. Trees that are badly damaged during the fife of this agreement, when such damage is due to care- 

 lessness or negligence, shall be paid for at the rate of $5 per thousand feet board measure, full scale. 

 Trees split or windthrown because of deep incisions for raised tins will be considered as being damaged 

 unnecessarily. The Forest Supervisor shall decide as to the presence and extent of damage. 



