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will not be allowed without permit. A small number of animals, up to 

 50 head of cattle, may be driven across the Reserve along the highway 

 without special permit. 



VIII. MARSH HAY, BBEEIBS AND OTHER MATERIALS. 



Any one desiring to cut Marsh grass for hay will make application on 

 a regular printed form. Such application, with report and recommenda- 

 tions, will be submitted in the usual manner. In all cases a written 

 permit shall be necessary, and the applicant will be exepected to carry 

 on his work of cutting and removing the material in keeping with the 

 promises as presented in his application, especially will he abstain from 

 trespass, and carelessness with fire, and will assist the Forest Officer in 

 every reasonable way in the protection of the Reserve. 



The picking of Berries will be permitted free of charge. But when- 

 ever it shall appear necessary in the proper protection of the Reserve 

 lands against fire, the picking of berries will be regulated, and every 

 one engaging in the work will be required to obtain a permit, and will 

 be expected to share in the responsibility for the safety of the particular 

 section assigned to him. Any one guilty of trespass or other violation 

 of the laws and regulations governing the State Forest Reserves will 

 not be permitted to share in the privileges of cutting grass, picking ber- 

 ries or otherwise utilizing any of the materials on the Reserves. 



IX. DISPOSAL OF TIMBER. 



Timber will be sold, both live and dead, whenever the removal of such 

 material shall be beneficial or at least not detrimental to the forest cover 

 and therefore in keeping with "the objects of the State Forest Reserves 

 as prescribed by law and as outlined in this manual. 



Generall all dead timber or timber affected by disease or insects, and 

 all overmature or dying material will be sold and its removal encour- 

 aged. Notable exceptions will be made in case of scattering fire-injured 

 pine trees and old trees of any kind which may be of great value to the 

 Reserve in so far as they bear and distribute seed, and thus help in re- 

 stocking the denuded lands with young growth. 



Young, thrifty timber which is rapidly gTOwing in quantity and qual- 

 ity alike, will generally be refused unless such material may be taken 

 from dense thickets where a reasonable amount of thinning may not only 

 be helpful, but even necessary to obtain the best results. 



In all cases, the good of the forest cover is the first consideration, and 

 all work in the removal of timber must be Judged by this final criterion. 

 Even dead timber, such as dead and down Cedar, will not be sold unless 

 there shall be assurance that the removal will not injure and destroy 

 young growth to such an extent that the cost is greater than the benefit. 

 In such cases a definite value will be placed on the young growth of at 

 least all more valuable species such as White and Norway Pine, Cedar, 

 Spruce, Balsam, etc., and this value Avill be measured by the expense 

 which would have to be incurred in replacing, by actual planting, a stand 

 of young growth as good as the one destroyed, so that trees, properly 

 spaced, may roughly be estimated to have a value of one cent for every 

 foot in height; i. e., a young pine tree three feet high will be estimated 

 at three cents, one 10 feet high at 10 cents, etc.. and even trees less than 



