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of forest policy and in the economic considerations underlying 

 them. 



Forest economics presents the forest problem from an economic 

 standpoint and shows the need of forestry and the results which 

 may be accomplished through its practice. In general this branch 

 of forestry should comprise a discussion of the following: 



I. The economic value and benefits of forests. 2. The results 

 of abuse of forest resources. 3. The requirements of our Nation 

 for forest products. 4. The relation of the forest problem to the 

 different industries of the country. 5. The forest resources of 

 the United States. 6. The results which must be accomplished to 

 meet the needs of the country. 



Under the head of the economic value of forests should be in- 

 cluded their value to the owners as productive property, the 

 value to the public in supplying the products essential in the arts, 

 their function and importance in the prevention of erosion, the 

 conservation and protection of water, their ameliorating influence 

 on climate, their services to the public as recreation and health 

 resorts, and their functions as game refuges. 



The subject of the results of the abuse of forest resources in- 

 cludes a discussion of destructive methods of lumbering, the 

 effect of forest fires from the standpoint of public injury, and the 

 effect of forest destruction on the industrial life of the community. 



Under the head of the requirements of the Nation for forest 

 products there is necessarily involved a presentation of statistics 

 regarding the amount of lumber and other material consumed in 

 the country. In this connection there should be shown other 

 sources of drain upon the forests. 



The third section of the course is designed to bring out the 

 importance of well-managed forests to different industries and 

 classes of people. There should be shown the importance of the 

 continuance of forests to railroads, the mining industry and the 

 many other wood-using industries of the country. There should 

 be shown the close relationship between forestry and agriculture, 

 with particular reference to irrigation. The protection value of 

 forests in its relation to manufacturing industries dependent upon 

 water power should also be shown, and finally the relation of 

 forests and forestry to the stock-growing industry. 



The problem of the forest resources of the United States should 



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