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Salvage felling. (,New term.) Removal of trees killed or injured in a 

 forest by fire, insects, fungi, or other harmful agencies, with the purpose 

 of utilizing merchantable material and preventing the spread of insects 

 and disease. See under Intermediate fellings. 

 G., Totalitatshieb. F., coupe accidentelle. 

 Sample plot. A sample plot is an accurately measured area used for pur- 

 poses of experimentation or of mensuration. Sample plots may be 

 either permanent or temporary. 

 Sample tree. See Mean sample tree. 

 Sapling. See Tree class. 

 Scale, n. The contents of a log or logs as determined by measurement 



with a scale stick. 

 Scale, V. To determine the contents of a log by measurement with a 



scale stick. 

 Scale rule. See Scale stick. 



Scale stick. A stick usually graduated to inches, showing for logs of 

 difiEerent diameters and lengths the corresponding contents in board 

 feet or other imit according to a given log rule {see Log rule). 

 Screen. See Shade frame. 



Scribe. A tool designed for carving symbols in wood or bark, commonly 

 used to mark lines or comer posts. 

 Syn.: timber scribe, tree scribe. 

 Second growth. Forest growth which comes up naturally after cutting, 

 fire, or other disturbing cause. In lumberman's parlance, the smaller 

 trees left after lumbering or the available trees for a second logging. 

 See Old growth. 

 Seedbed. 1. In natural reproduction the soil or forest floor on which 

 seed falls. 



2. In nursery practice, a subdivision of a nursery for the raising of 

 seedlings. 

 G., saatbeet. F., couche de semis. 

 Seed board. See Forest planting. 



Seed cutting or felling. See Reproduction (Shelterwood) method. 

 Seed drill. See Forest planting. 

 Seed forest. See High forest. 

 Seed horn. See Forest planting. 



Seed spot. A prepared spot usually about a foot square in which tree 

 seeds are to be planted. 



