Harvesting Timber drops 3 



species to assure reseeding of the ground left open by the log_ 

 operations. 



A forest officer scales or measures the logs at the landing or in 

 the woods (fig. 2), using the Scribner decimal C scale rule, 

 which is the standard rule of the Forest Service, with a few excep- 

 tions, such as in the White Mountain National Forest in Xew Eng- 

 land, where the custom of handling full tree lengths has made 

 advisable the use of the solid cubic foot rule. 



FIREPROOFING THE 

 SALE AREA 



Brush disposal has 

 for its primary pur- 

 pose assistance in fire- 

 proofing the sale area. 

 In general, hardwood 

 brush is lopped and 

 scattered and soft- 

 wood brush is piled 

 and burned. There 

 are exceptions to both 

 rules. Special fire- 

 control requirements 

 depend on the kind of 

 logging (horse, rail- 

 road, donkey, etc. ) . 

 and the particular 

 dangers to be encoun- 

 tered. A rather strict 

 application of such 

 requirements has been 

 found advisable, since 

 there is no need to 

 invest in careful 

 marking and expen- 

 sive logging methods 



ig. 2. — Scaling suortleaf pine, Arkansas National Forest. 

 A forest officer scales or measures the loss at the land- 

 ing or in the woods, using the standard Scribner decimal 

 C rule, except in a few instances, where the solid cubic 

 foot rule is better adapted to local practice 



if later the investment. 



consisting 



of re- 

 production, young growth and trees left, to say nothing of 

 soil fertility, is wiped out by a fire which might have been pre- 

 vented. 



THREE SALES PRINCIPLES 



This, in brief, is the way the Government sells its timber, whethei 

 in Virginia or in California. Throughout, three principles are con- 

 stantly in mind — harvesting the mature crop, improving and safe- 



