CHAPTER XXIV 



OUTLINE FOR A REPORT ON A TRACT OF 

 WOODLAND 



Summary and recommendations. 

 Total amount and value of: 



Timber. 



Land. 



Other products (minerals, waterpower, residence sites, etc.). 

 • Grand total value. 

 Total value per acre. 

 Best future use of tract. 

 Estimated annual returns. 

 Total annual returns. 

 Total annual returns per acre. 

 Title complications. 



Object of examination. 

 Valuation of tract. 

 Formulation of logging plans. 



Preparation of a working plan for the future development of 

 the property. 



Location, area and general description. 

 Town (postoflSce if different), county, state, watershed. 

 Nearest railway and road. 

 Area in acres (Ulustrate by map). 



Form — scattered lots or contiguous tracts (illustrate by map). 

 Subdivisions — legal and natural (illustrate by map) . 

 Climate. 

 Total annual precipitation and mean annual temperature of 



nearest U. S. Weather Bvireau station. 

 Estimated annual precipitation and mean annual tempera- 

 ture for tract. 

 Frost drainage of tract. 



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