322 REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



in instructions, reports and records, the exact locality at which a certain 

 act is to be or has been performed. 



The boundary lines of geographic compartments should be natural 

 ines (ridges, creeks and slopes) as much as possible, and not artificial 

 lines (survey lanes and roads). The size of the compartment depends 

 entirely on local economic conditions. High timber prices and intensive 

 management invite the formation of small compartments. 



Several adjoining compartments are allotted to a "block;" for instance, 

 the compartments on a certain mountain or beyond a certain creek. In 

 some cases, each block has a separate series of compartment numbers, each 

 series beginning with " one." A block may be composed of compartments 

 belonging to different working sections. 



Under extensive management, a block might be formed by the area 

 drained by an entire river S3 7 stem; and the compartments composing it 

 might be designated by the names of the creeks traversing them. 



Wording Plan Reports 



The term " working plan " is a misnomer. The " working plan " is 

 a report more on facts than on proposed schemes. 



The meaning of the term is somewhat indistinct. It might represent 

 one or the other of the three following statements : 



i. The chief (principal) working plan, extending over a large number 

 of years (a whole rotation, or the time of installation). 



2. The periodic working plan, extending over 10, 20 or 24 years usually. 



3. The annual working plan, forming a mere annual budget. 



In many cases, the principal working plan is simultaneously used as 

 a periodic working plan. 



TI)e CI)ief Wording Plan 



The chief working plan is called by Schlich, more properly, " chief 

 working plan report," and contains the following three parts: 



1 . A statement of facts based on stock taking. 



2. The desire of the owner regarding the purpose of forest management. 



