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by a permanent organization, sucli as a county, town, village or 

 private corporation. One of the greatest benefits to be derived 

 from a communal forest is tlie direct effect which it will have in 

 bringing the subject of forestry before all the people. Forests 

 are either directly or indirectly a benefit to all the people, and 

 ihey should know it. A campaign for county forests is well 

 worth while for the sake of its educational value, since it will 

 first be necessary to convince the people of the necessity for car- 

 ing for our forests on a large scale before they will become sufii- 

 ciently interested to establish a communal forest. Timber pro- 

 duction requires an investment for a long period of time, and for 

 this reason does not attract private capital. Counties, towns, vil- 

 lages and some private corporations are organizations which will 

 last indefinitely, and they are therefore in a position to acquire 

 and administer forest lands most profitably. 



