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FOREST CONDITIONS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 



on the ground. A contract of sale should be drafted with considerable 

 care. For the protection of the seller the contract should embody the 

 following points drawn up in legal form: 

 • (a) Define the area included in the sale. 



(b) Stipulate the price by the unit of measure agreed upon, whether 

 it is cord, thousand feet board measure, number of poles, etc. 



(c) Specify the method by which the timber is to be measured. If 

 the logs are to be scaled, whether Doyle, Scribner, Favorite, or other 

 rule is to be used; if by lumber measure, whether log run or graded. 

 If cords are used, specify whether 128 or 160 cubic feet to the stacked 

 cord is intended. 



(d) Specify time limit within which operation must begin and must 

 be completed. 



(e) Specify species, size, and condition of timber which is included 

 in the sale. 



(f) Specify the number, kind, and quality of seed trees which are 

 to be left on the area.* 



Besides the above points, the contract should include certain clauses 

 to govern the cutting and removal of the timber. The following cover 

 the ground fairly well, and are suggested for consideration in the prep- 

 aration of the contract : 



1. Only the species and classes specified in the contract (or such 

 trees as have been marked for cutting) may be cut, and all of these 

 must be cut. 



2. Trees marked for cutting which remain uncut at the expiration 

 of this contract shall be paid for at double the stumpage price agreed 

 upon. 



3. All unmarked trees which have been cut shall be paid for at 

 double the stumpage price agreed upon. 



4. All sound stumps must be cut not more than inches 



above the ground, in order to save waste in timber, and all tops must 

 be utilized to a diameter of inches.-j- 



5. 'No unnecessary damage will be done to young growth or to trees 

 left standing, and no trees shall be left lodged in the process of felling. 

 Any young growth or trees left standing which are badly injured or 



killed through carelessness shall be paid for at the rate of $ 



each. If it should be necessary to fell a tree into young growth, the 



*This is only in case the owner does not mark the trees to be cut or the seed trees to be left. It is 

 always advisable for the owner to mark these trees himself. The mere specification of seed trees in a 

 contract is always unsatisfactory. 



fThe diameter of the tops should be as small as market conditions and the accessibility of the tim- 

 ber will allow. 



