THE FOREST IN RELATION TO MAN 559 



7. Forest control 

 Private 



Working the forest for profit 



Cannot always consider effects upon remote interests 



Cannot always consider interests of the future 

 Public 



Must take into account all interests 



Water supply Soil 



Floods and navigation ; harbors Future generations 



Regulation of cutting 



Selection of trees to be cut Replacement by new 



Rate of removal plantings 



Increase of forest area 

 Restocking forests 

 Reforestation of cut or burned areas 

 New plantings on exhausted farm land 

 New plantings on sand dunes and other useless lands 



Increase of yield 



More thorough cutting (stumpage) 



Less wasteful trimming 



Planting of rapid-growing varieties • 



Protection of growth for better quality of timber 



QUESTIONS 



1. How can forest conditions in one region influence the interests of 

 people in another region ? 



2. How can the people whose welfare is affected by what happens in 

 forests in another state protect themselves ? 



3. What forests influence any conditions in your region ? How ? 



4. What forests are there in your region under private control ? state 

 control? national control? 



5. What forest products are most commonly used in your region ? To 

 what uses are these products chiefly put ? Where do they come from ? 

 Are there any nearer forests from which the supplies could be obtained ? 



6. What makes some kinds of trees more valuable than others for 

 furniture ? for shipbuilding ? for paper-making ? for flooring ? for bar- 

 rels? for railroad ties? 



7. How does the way in which the boards are cut from the log affect 

 the appearance of the lumber? 



