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retary of Agriculture the apoiutment of the Territorial Superin- 

 tendent of Entomolog-y and his assistants as deputy quarantine 

 plant inspectors under the new law in order that the duties of 

 Territorial and Federal inspection of imported nursery stock, 

 fruits, etc., may be combined, thereby preventing- tluplication and 

 overlapping of government work. 



Respectfully sul)mitted, 



W. M. GiFFARn. 

 President and Executive Officer. 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry, T. H. 



FORESTRY AS A PROFESSION. 



The increasing demand for the ]:)ractice of Forestry through- 

 out the United States on both public and private lands is the re- 

 sult of the rapid depletion of our forests. Changes in methods 

 of lumbering, better forest fire protection, and the reforestation 

 of denuded areas are urgently needed, if there is to be a timber 

 supply in the future, and if the sources of the waters now used 

 for domestic purposes, power and irrigation are to be protected. 



No profession offers greater opportunities for individual suc- 

 cess through public service than h'orestry. Yet success in this 

 work can be won only by conscientious and unstinted devotion. 

 The discomforts due to weather or isolation in the field test un- 

 failingly the forester's capacity for success. 



I-'orestry should not be selected as a profession except by those 

 with enthusiasm for the work and with sound health. No man 

 can expect to prepare himself for I'^orestry unless he is ready for 

 the hard study which masters detail and for the rough life of the 

 woods. A thoroughly trained forester must have complete de- 

 tailed knowledge of his subject and abundant drill in its methods. 

 — Colorado College Publication. 



