USE OF A NATIONAL FOREST 

 Band of 1,600 Sheep Belonging to D. W, Clark, Grazing in Holy Cross, Colo., National Forest 



versity of Missouri is recommended, 

 the instructor to be a technically trained 

 forester, who shall have charge of the 

 forestry work of the state." 



According to this expert's opinion, 

 the forest resources of Missotiri are ex- 

 ceedingly valuable and special effort 

 should be made to secure their perpetu- 

 ation, and, as the policy of the past has 

 been almost wholly destructive, the 

 work of the future should be of a con- 

 structive nature. 



To secure this desired change in con- 

 ditions, this committee urges club wom- 

 en to take up two closely related depart- 

 ments of work: the encouragement of 

 screntific forestry in the state, and of 

 arboriculture as it relates to the plant- 

 ing and care of trees for shade and or- 

 namental purposes. 



Since most of the timber is under pri- 

 vate control, the most important work 

 to be done is the creating, by educa- 

 tional and persuasive means, of a senti- 



ment favorable to forest preservation. 

 The most effective agencies through 

 which to work are the press, the club, 

 and the public school. Through the 

 press, both the city daily and the coun- 

 try weekly, an educational campaign 

 should be carried on by the district 

 chairman. The information thus carried 

 into every home in the state would, in 

 time, educate the reading public to an 

 appreciation of the state's forest re- 

 sources and the necessity for their 

 preservation. 



Through an observance of Forestry 

 Day in the club and of Arbor Day 

 in the school, this educational work 

 should be continued. In the arrange- 

 ment of programs, the economic, as 

 well as the aesthetic value of trees 

 should be considered. The value of the 

 day lies not so much in the entertain- 

 ment afforded or even in the trees 

 planted as in the tree sentiment created 

 and stimulated, that will lead to a bet- 



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