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this reason, the very form on which the tield data are noted, needs 

 careful consideration. 



b. When finished, the Forester has : 



1. 750 separate sheets of field notes. 



2. About 50 Maps, detail, made in the field. 



3. Many pages of figures collected to learn about the growth 

 of timber, both as to the individual tree and the stand of trees. 



4. Also pages of figures for Volume tables. 



5. Many pages of notes concerning outside affairs. 



The field notes should be copied ; the growth figures and volume 

 tables compiled and made into tables and diagrams. Then this mass 

 of Detail information should be compiled into a General Report. 

 This General Report should be brief, it should resemble the 

 first or former report, and it may not have a great deal of additional 

 material. But it differs from the first report in the most essential 

 point: It is based on actual detail knowledge. 



c. leased upon this Report, detail and general, the forester pre- 

 pares a Working Plan. 



This Plan preferably falls under two heads, the 



General Plan which outlines what is to be done with the prop- 

 erty, usually for years ahead ; and 



Detailed Plans which tell what is to be done during the coming 

 year ; exactly where to cut, to build roads, etc. 



The General Plan can and should always cover :' 

 [. What is to be the policy of the owner: Hold the lands, 

 gradually convert it into forest business, but not require more than 

 X% of stumpage receipts per year to be put back on the prop- 

 erty, etc. 



2. Timber Cutting: Whether to hold, or begin at once; sell 

 stumpage or log per contract; about how much to cut over per 

 year, etc. 



3. Silviculture: If cut over by logging the large stuff only, 

 then to what diameter to cut the different kinds, how closely to cut 

 it over. i. e., how much should always be left on the land; how 

 should the stuff be marked where there is no young growth, and 

 how, on tracts with much young growth, etc. Here also: should, 

 if necessary, a little money be spent to get rid of defective stuff and 



