THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



PART I 



CHAPTER I 

 WHAT IS FOEESTBYf 



WHAT scenes come to your mind when the word 

 forestry is mentioned? Do the figure! of Robin Hood 

 and his merrie band clad in Lincoln green pass be- 

 fore your eyes; do the rifle shots of pioneers like Boone 

 and Crockett ring in your ears, or do the stirring scenes 

 of a logging camp with its busy axmen and straining 

 horses and its manifold activities pass before your eyes ? 

 Whichever scene this magic word conjures up, it is safe 

 to say it is tinged with romance and rich in adventure. 



Now let us see what forestry really is. 



Forestry Defined. Forestry is the raising of repeated 

 crops of timber upon soils unsuited to agriculture and 

 has been extended to include the proper using of these 

 forest crops. Forestry is not agriculture because agri- 

 culture has to do with tillable fields and level land, 

 whereas the forester concerns himself with land too 

 steep or too stony to till or too barren to raise farm 

 crops. Thus forestry and agriculture are separate and 

 distinct. Both are concerned with land and a proper 

 practice of both agriculture and forestry is necessary 

 that every acre of land in this country shall be put to 

 its best permanent use. 



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