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form the basis of a second crop of timber on the same 
land. (Fig. 4.) This is merely applying the prin- 
ciples of practical forestry to make sure that there 
will always be timber on the national forests to cut. 
Timber on the watersheds of streams is not cut to an 
extent that will impair the protective cover that the 
forest affords, because one of the chief objects of the 
national forests is to regulate stream flow, nor is 
mature timber taken from recreational areas where 
it has a higher use for scenic purposes. 
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Ficure 4.—A timber-sale area on the Plumas National 
Forest, Calif. Enough younger trees are left for a later 
eut or to seed the ground for a new crop. Logging slash 
is burned in suitable weather 
Small sales of timber are made by local forest offi- 
cers without delay. Red-tape methods are not per- 
mitted in national-forest timber sales, big or little. 
Larger sales are made either by the supervisor of the 
forest, the regional forester, or the Forester, according 
to the amount desired. 
Though single sales have been made that involved 
timber with a contract value of as much as $5,000,000, 
approximately 98 per cent of the sales are for $100 
worth or less of timber. Of the 13,864 timber sales on 
