338 V. The Forestry Problem 



sphere to know what research means, and to appreciate its bearings on 

 progress in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. The future landowner 

 must take a much closer interest in his land than has generally been the 

 case in the past, and his interest in his woodlands must be economic and 

 scientific rather than hereditary, sporting and aesthetic. Then below the 

 landowner there is the forester, and already, I understand, the attention 

 of the Commission is being directed towards schemes of a thorough-going 

 character for his education. It is, in fact, to the improvement of education 

 all round that we may most hopefully look for enhanced appreciation of 

 science, and when this advance has been secured the integration of 

 research with practice will be a natural and inevitable consequence. 



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