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The cutting cycle, or time elapsing on a given area before the second cut, 

 has been fixed as 30 years. This period allows 14 years, counting from January 

 1, 1924, within which to remove the balance of the virgin stand. 



The annual cut during the second cutting cycle will exceed the average annual 

 cut during the first period. 



(c) Determination of cut. — After the completion of the exchange agreement 

 now in force there will be a large volume of accessible virgin timber left within 

 the working circle. The stand is distributed as follows : 



Board feet 



United States ' 124, 036, 000 



Disputed strip 36, 812, 000 



Santa Barbara grant 9, 659, 000 



Total 170, 507, 000 



After reference to the preceding tables showing yield on cut-over areas 10, 

 20, and 30 years after logging it has been decided to allow 30 years to elapse 

 on a given area after cutting before the second cut is to be made. In other 

 words the cutting cycle will be 30 years. 



The first cutting took place on the Santa Barbara grant in 1908. Since only 

 tie timber was cut the operation left the area in good shape for a second cut. 

 By 1924, when the exchange agreement will have been fulfilled, 16 years will 

 have elapsed since the inception of the logging operation. Therefore 14 years 

 remain during the first cutting cycle in which to remove the balance of the 

 virgin stand. 



The remaining accessible virgin stand on the Santa Barbara grant (9,659,000 

 board feet) will be disregarded since the timber occurs in small isolated stands, 

 and it would not be considered good business management to move mills to each 

 stand. Therefore, there is left 124.0.36.000 board feet on Government land and 

 36,812,000 board feet on the disputed strip, or a total of 160.848.000 board feet. 



Even though the disputed strip is not controlled by the United States there 

 is little doubt that this timber will be cut in its turn since the State Investment 

 Co. is desirous of receiving some return from its lands. Assuming that this 

 stand is to be cut over we have a total stand of 160,848,000 board feet. Ap- 

 proximately 67 per cent of this volume, or 107,768,000 board feet, can be cut. 

 Distributing this cut over 14 years, the remaining period in the cutting cj'cle, we 

 g.2t an average annual cut of 7.698.000 board feet. The average annual cut for 

 the past decade has been 7.350,000 board feet, including private land cuttings. 



The fact that the Santa Barbara grant covers the most accessible territory 

 within the working circle ; that a small volume can now be logged as a second 

 cut ; and that the grant is owned by the present operating company, points to 

 the possibility that the operation may be moved to grant laud unless the pro- 

 posed exchange goes through. If such a change in operating plans would 

 occur, the carrying out of this plan -without a hiatus would be impossible 

 because it is extremely doubtful if an operator other than a subsidiary of the 

 Santa Fe. Railroad could be induced to tackle the proposition. 



Assuming that the operation will be confined to virgin timber as long as it 

 lasts, the virgin stand will have been cut over in 1938, and the stand cut over 

 in 1908 will then be rii>e for a second cut. 



The allowable annual cut of 7,700,000 board feet applies to the period 1924- 

 1937, inclusive, or for the remainder of the first cutting cycle. It is of interest 

 to record the writer's prediction of the allowable annual cut during the second 

 cutting cycle. This figure is obtained by multiplying the total number of 

 productive acres in each type by the yield per acre after an elapse of 30 years, 

 and then dividing this total volume by 30, the period of years in the second 

 cutting cycle. 



Table 6, — Allowa'ble annual cut during the second cutting cycle 



Total-- 52,865 278,552,000 



