Excerpt from Cost Control in Timber Growing on the National Forests of the Northern Region The large-scale forestry enterprise of the Forest Service represents a most complex type of business from the standpoint of achieving cost control. Timber growing involves a number of interdependent actions. The degree of coordination achieved strongly influences both costs and results. A District Ranger may be simultaneously involved in timber harvest ing, slash disposal, site preparation, regener ation, stand improvement, and protection on a large number of areas. These activities must be pursued in proper sequence and at the proper time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.