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GLOSSARY 
Range Branding 
Cattle on the Western ranges run practically wild and 
are seldom caught or coralled except for branding or 
when sold. One of the chief duties of the cowpuncher 
is to ride about the range and catch every calf which 
he sees unbranded. He then burns in the proper 
brand which may be ascertained by examining the cow 
with which the calf runs. This is called Range Brand- 
ing, because the work is carried out on the range with- 
out waiting for the general roundup. 
Reconnaissance 
Preliminary examination or survey. In Forestry it 
includes the mapping of the country worked, an esti- 
mate of the timber by species, and descriptive data 
indicating the watershed system and logging possi- 
bilities of the territory covered. 
Reproduction , 
The general term, in Forestry, for the young growth 
in a forest, including seedlings, saplings, and poles— 
the names for the tree at various stages of early de- 
velopment. Upon the character and quality of the 
reproduction depends, as far as can be foreseen, the 
nature of the future forest. 
Section 
In surveying, one of the portions—of a square mile 
each—into which the public lands of the United States 
are divided. One thirty-sixth part of a township. 
These sections are divided into quarter sections of one 
hundred and sixty acres each, which may be pre- 
empted under the homestead laws both on and outside 
of National Forests, 
Silvics or Silviculture 
The study of trees and tree species, with their growth, 
peculiarities and habitat, as parts of a forest. 
