12. CIR. 211, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Information concerning attractive logging chances 
and the conditions of sale is gladly given inquirers, 
for the Forest Service wants the ripe timber used. 
Before an extensive program of timber sales is 
started on any national forest, forest officers make a 
careful survey of its timber resources and prepare a 
plan of Management prescribing the area of timber- 
land to be cut over each year and the methods and 
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FiIcuRE 3.—The Government sells ripe timber on the na- 
tional forests. Trees to be cut are marked in advance by 
a forest officer 
order of cutting. These long-time plans are made in 
order to insure a constant supply of timber for the 
communities and industries dependent upon the forest 
for raw material. This makes possible the establish- 
ment of permanent wood-using plants and prosperous 
communities of people who look to the woods as a 
market for their labor. 
The trees to be cut on a sale area are marked in 
advance by a forest officer, the object being to leave 
enough of the younger trees to Seed the ground and 
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