THE $C0K OF FORESTRY 



.2id lumberiBg are not the same either, al- 

 though conservative lumbering, the reaping of the forest 

 crop, is a part of forestry. The average lumberman of 

 today is not interested in the land after the present crop 

 of timber is removed. He either cannot or will not hold 

 the land for repeated crops of timber, and on this point 

 the difference between lumbering and forestry hinges. 



City forestry, of which much is heard at present, is 

 not really forestry at all. It is caring for shade trees in 

 the streets and parks rather than raising trees for lum- 

 ber purposes. However, it is an extremely important 

 phase of tree culture as shade trees and parks add much 

 to the health and comfort of the city dweller. Besides, a 

 man who is interested in the shade trees in front of his 

 city residence becomes an easy convert to the cause of 

 forest conservation, which means the proper use of our 

 forest resources. 



So we see that forestry actually means using the 

 forest, cutting out the mature and overripe trees and 

 giving the little seedlings beneath more light in order 

 that they may grow up and furnish the succeeding crop 

 of timber. 



"With the vast stretches of woodland that can be seen 

 from the hilltops in nearly any country region of the 

 United States the question arises : is there any need of 

 raising timber crops? Will not Mother Nature always 

 provide timber enough to furnish us with houses and 

 furniture? Indeed forest conservation is needed for a 

 variety of reasons which will be very briefly discussed, 

 the most important being that in the United States there 

 are vast areas upon which only trees will grow, and to 

 allow them to lie idle would be very poor management 

 on the part of our Government. 



If land is too steep or rocky to cultivate or the rain- 



