Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-11
FosGsT RESERVES TIMBER.

The indiSeFiminate slaughter Of for.
ests has oaused the Government 70 ~,
sugurste plans for the opefatIone "a
logging operations, and tie ihereased
demand for the purchase Of timbef
from the forest reserves has called fot
detailed working plans foE che more
important tlmbeIed areas within them.
In order TO avoid delsy without jPOp-
{ AFdizing the future welfare 81 The fOss
est, end that these working plsHs may
be we'll considered, they are being
made aS rapidly aS possible for those
forest areas from which the sale Of tim
Der Is probable IN the near f6turs. 10
many cases they are made before the
actual application for purchase IS re-
ceiVed.
Those who purchase timber from Ehe
Government are required 20 observe
Forest Service FtRulstona % logging,
which guard aGaihst waste and pro-
vide for the reproduction Of The forest.
Considerable variety existsin the chaF-
acteT snd requirements Of the forests
10 any one reserve. 90 that each work.
ing plan muSt be based on q elOas study
OF local conditions,
Win setting shout the preparation
OF one Of thess plans she fiFss question
iS, What aPeas % the reserve are
adapted 70 the rame scheme Of mans
segment? After these aEsas have been
selected they are thoroughly studied
from every agpeot.
The location Of the timber 70 noted
and 4 rough estimate ls made Of itu
amount. Thee she OhaFaeter and eou.
dillon 81 the stand are carefully de-
terminsd. It's age, OvsEElpeness, ib1dty
from Gre OF Insects, the possibility Of
improving Il By logging, And the Kind
end amount Of young growth are pFlp-
OIpal points, eli Of which must be TAX.
en- into consideration Ia settling
whether Il ID advisable or inadVIsable
70 cos.
The question OF markets, and che log
cling facilities, ere also taken Into ac-
count, % we'll as tbe present local de-
msnd for tlmbeF, che probable future
demand and che kind % timbeF res
q0lFed. In eOnneetl0n with these prob.
lens attention must be ElvOu 20 che
nature Of the country, the accessibility
Of the tlmbeF, and the existing Eoads
and dFiVable streams, became she act.
ual valHe Of the tlmbsF % Ia q large
measure dependents Upon the ease and
economy Of Zee removal.
Reproduction, By which alone the
forest can maintain Itself, IL essential
where lOggiua Is 70 Be done. For thlS
reason che reproductive capacity OF
the forest IS noted with careful detail,
and the elect whIohSfFs and gFssIng
may have upon II becomes q question
Of che fFst .impogtanos.
The dats, therefore, which che work.
lng.plan study has gathered form che
batiS Of che terms Of the contract 10
agreement With which che purchaser
OF GOVeFnment timber FulnOYos che
timber which Ne haa purchased These
terms lnolude the diameter llhlt b..
low which the timber may n0t b out,
the number Of seed trees 81 VaVloHS
species which must b lail ~ rsssSd
che ar6nnd, the maxlmpn height %
which the stumps mag BE- oGt, and 'ths
dlamoeoE (Which che tops must Do
utilised, and OthsF StlpnlatioRs incur.
Inc clear, oonssTvatlVailoaglag. Bspo-
eially, also, they provide Zoe che dlS-
position Of she slash, % that che forest
iOoF may safely be cleaned Of lnham.
mabls material, on Whloh uno0uttOl.
liable forest Gree might feed.
The restrictions imposed b. che Foe.
ssl BoEVloe upon timber purchaser ere
meeting With the Intelligent approval
Of ell WHO are performing logging op-
sEatlOhs under them. 10 % mere end
more clearly uhdSFueoOd that they ere
necessary tOF che permanent ROOd Of
ths fOFesI, that they are Of q purely
practical stamp, and that their OBJ
ssFVah0s means the ooatlnBed pro-
duetlVity Of che forest and, IhsFoioFo,
che outstanding Of che timber supply
and all that dspsnds upon u.
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