718 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



There are three pressing needs in West Persia which call to the 

 forester at present: 



1. The introduction of better timber trees for use under irrigation. 



3. The solving of the fuel problem by the introduction of fast- 

 growing trees of high fuel quality, thus bringing about an abundance 

 of cheap fuel, and thus liberating the valuable manure for farm 

 fertilizer, 



3. Experimental work on unirrigated areas for the purpose of find- 

 ing the best species for the ultimate work of reforesting the whole 

 country. 



Along with these three pressing needs should go: 



1. General public propaganda for forestry. 



2. The introduction of elemental forest education in the mission 

 schools. 



A non-political Forestry Commission for all of Persia should be 

 created as soon as possible, drawing largely from the American mis- 

 sionaries for personnel. The problems to be brought before such a 

 body would include : 



1. A national forest survey. 



2. A national land classification. 



3. The establishment of a bureau of forest investigations. 



4. The creation of national forests, forests laws, etc. 



5. The creation of a Persian national forest service, after the 

 pattern of the U. S. Forest Service, to protect and manage the na- 

 tional forests, and direct the entire work. 



6. The establishment of a more advanced forest school, preferably 

 under one of the mission schools, subsidized by the Government 

 perhaps, to train foresters for the work. 



At present the political situation in Persia is most uncertain, the 

 destitution in West Persia is still intense, and the whole region is in 

 confusion, more or less, as is all of the Near East. But ultimately, 

 and probably before very long, things will settle down and the oppor- 

 tunity for the introduction of forestry into another portion of the 

 earth will open wide its doors and send out its call for help in the 

 form of trained men who wish to work in an entirely new field, 

 entirely untouched by foresters. 



