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  LES 
  OF 
  MANAGEMENT. 
  

  

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  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  timber 
  taken 
  annually 
  from 
  the 
  tract 
  has 
  no 
  hearing 
  

   upon 
  the 
  main 
  question 
  before 
  the 
  company: 
  Whether 
  the 
  applica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  conservative 
  lumbering 
  is 
  justified 
  by 
  the 
  value 
  reasonably 
  to 
  

   be 
  expected 
  for 
  a 
  future 
  crop 
  of 
  timber 
  from 
  the 
  lumbered 
  area. 
  

   Lender 
  the 
  very 
  small 
  added 
  expense 
  incident 
  to 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  

   rules 
  for 
  forest 
  management 
  which 
  follow, 
  the 
  productive 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   the 
  cut-over 
  lands 
  will 
  be 
  preserved 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  supply 
  a 
  second 
  

   crop 
  of 
  merchantable 
  timber, 
  which 
  represents 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  good 
  

   rate 
  of 
  interest 
  upon 
  the 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  them. 
  Whether 
  the 
  second 
  

   crop 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  by 
  the 
  Sawyer 
  & 
  Austin 
  Lumber 
  Com- 
  

   pany, 
  or 
  whether 
  the 
  cut-over 
  lands 
  be 
  sold 
  after 
  the 
  merchantable 
  

   stand 
  is 
  removed, 
  has 
  no 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  conservative 
  

   lumbering 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  case. 
  The 
  increased 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  cut-over 
  

   lands 
  in 
  either 
  event 
  renders 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  practical 
  forestry 
  in 
  

   the 
  lumbering 
  now 
  going 
  on 
  a 
  safe 
  and 
  advantageous 
  business 
  measure. 
  

  

  RULES 
  OF 
  MANAGEMENT. 
  

  

  CUTTING 
  LIMIT 
  FOR 
  PINE. 
  

  

  The 
  cutting 
  limit 
  for 
  pine 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  14 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  stump 
  

   (12 
  inches 
  breasthigh). 
  This 
  is 
  advisable 
  for 
  the 
  following 
  reasons: 
  

  

  (1) 
  The 
  largest 
  cut 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  will 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

  

  (2) 
  An 
  equal 
  cut 
  can 
  be 
  harvested 
  after 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  

   required 
  in 
  case 
  a 
  higher 
  cutting 
  limit 
  were 
  used. 
  

  

  (3) 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  a 
  sustained 
  annual 
  yield 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   mill 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  forest 
  area 
  than 
  

   that 
  required 
  by 
  a 
  higher 
  diameter 
  limit. 
  

  

  (4) 
  With 
  a 
  cutting 
  limit 
  of 
  12 
  inches, 
  logging 
  operations 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  

   concentrated 
  and 
  hence 
  more 
  profitable 
  than 
  if 
  the 
  limit 
  were 
  higher. 
  

  

  (5) 
  A 
  cutting 
  limit 
  below 
  12 
  inches 
  would 
  be 
  inadvisable 
  both 
  

   financially 
  and 
  siiviculturally. 
  

  

  SEED 
  TREES. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  first 
  cutting 
  is 
  made 
  a 
  small 
  Dumber 
  of 
  Loblolly 
  and 
  

   Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  trees 
  above 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  breasthigh 
  should 
  be 
  

   left 
  standing. 
  These 
  trees 
  should 
  be 
  selected 
  and 
  marked 
  beforehand 
  

   by 
  a 
  trained 
  forester. 
  The 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Forestry 
  cooperates 
  with 
  the 
  

   Sawyer 
  & 
  Austin 
  Lumber 
  Company 
  in 
  these 
  markings. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  once 
  been 
  well 
  started 
  by 
  an 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  

   and 
  a 
  competent 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  has 
  had 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  to 
  become 
  thoroughly 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  made, 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  successfully 
  thereafter 
  under 
  

   his 
  supervision 
  alone. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  should 
  be 
  

   determined 
  by 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  locality. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  the 
  Loblolly 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  favored, 
  unless 
  the 
  locality 
  be 
  distinctly 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  this 
  

   species. 
  The 
  leaving 
  of 
  such 
  trees 
  for 
  seed 
  purposes 
  will 
  not 
  involve 
  

   any 
  appreciable 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  company. 
  

  

  