﻿RULES 
  OF 
  MANAGEMENT. 
  

  

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  and 
  patrol 
  the 
  cut-over 
  land. 
  By 
  such 
  a 
  system 
  the 
  area 
  under 
  fire 
  

   protection 
  would 
  increase 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  until 
  finally 
  protection 
  

   would 
  be 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  tract. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  lumbered 
  area 
  

   becomes 
  too 
  large 
  for 
  one 
  guard 
  to 
  control, 
  another 
  man 
  should 
  be 
  

   added. 
  In 
  ca.-e 
  a 
  fire 
  breaks 
  out 
  which 
  the 
  guard 
  can 
  not 
  control 
  by 
  

   himself, 
  he 
  should 
  have 
  authority 
  to 
  hire 
  what 
  help 
  may 
  be 
  necessary, 
  

   and. 
  if 
  such 
  a 
  fire 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  lumbering 
  operations, 
  the 
  

   logging 
  force 
  should 
  be 
  turned 
  out 
  to 
  tight 
  it. 
  

  

  .Roads 
  are 
  excellent 
  tire 
  lines, 
  and 
  form 
  very 
  good 
  bases 
  from 
  which 
  

   to 
  work 
  against 
  fire, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  checking 
  any 
  light 
  ground 
  tire 
  in 
  

   whose 
  course 
  they 
  lie. 
  The 
  abandoned 
  railroad 
  spurs 
  are 
  valuable 
  for 
  

   the 
  same 
  purpose, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  clear 
  of 
  all 
  litter. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  

   done 
  the 
  damage 
  from 
  tire 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  materially 
  decreased. 
  

  

  Great 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  keep 
  in 
  good 
  order 
  the 
  spark 
  arresters 
  

   of 
  the 
  locomotives 
  and 
  skidder. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  point 
  to 
  be 
  urged 
  is 
  a 
  thorough 
  system 
  of 
  fire 
  protection 
  

   for 
  the 
  cut-over 
  lands. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  rate 
  of 
  cutting 
  some 
  6.500 
  

   acres 
  will 
  be 
  lumbered 
  annually. 
  If 
  a 
  start 
  is 
  now 
  made 
  by 
  protect- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  area 
  cut 
  over 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  the 
  initial 
  expense 
  will 
  be 
  

   small, 
  and. 
  if 
  the 
  attempt 
  proves 
  successful, 
  another 
  6.500 
  acres 
  can 
  be 
  

   added 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  protected 
  area 
  thus 
  gradually 
  increased. 
  

   It 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  expect 
  that 
  as 
  time 
  goes 
  on 
  experience 
  will 
  tend 
  

   toward 
  a 
  reduction 
  in 
  expenses, 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  sentiment 
  of 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  improves, 
  forest 
  fires 
  will 
  become 
  less 
  numerous. 
  

  

  C 
  ARE 
  IN 
  FELLING. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  fully 
  realized 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  impossible 
  to 
  secure 
  care 
  in 
  fell- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  trees, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  labor 
  force 
  employed. 
  

   Moreover, 
  the 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  young 
  growth 
  already 
  present 
  fortu- 
  

   nately 
  makes 
  regulations 
  regarding 
  this 
  of 
  little 
  importance. 
  If 
  the 
  

   ground 
  were 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  valuable 
  reproduction 
  of 
  pine 
  and 
  the 
  labor 
  

   force 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  type, 
  rules 
  would 
  be 
  required. 
  

  

  INSPECTION. 
  

  

  An 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Forestry 
  should 
  inspect 
  each 
  year 
  the 
  

   area 
  lumbered 
  during 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  mark 
  

   the 
  seed 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  standing 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  cutting 
  area. 
  He 
  should 
  

   report 
  fully 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  rules 
  for 
  lumbering 
  have 
  

   been 
  carried 
  out 
  and 
  describe 
  in 
  detail 
  any 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  tire 
  iu 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  This 
  will 
  involve 
  an 
  expense 
  to 
  the 
  company 
  of 
  

   about 
  £200 
  a 
  year. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  RULES 
  FOR 
  LUMBERING. 
  

  

  (1) 
  The 
  cutting 
  limit 
  for 
  pine 
  to 
  be 
  14 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  stump, 
  and 
  for 
  

   hardwoods 
  20 
  inches. 
  

  

  