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and values of timber discussed in detail. The results 

 in most States have been decidedly successful, for the 

 wide-awake citizen of today, wherever he may live, 

 knows what forestry is and what it is trying to do and 

 the State forestry departments are receiving larger sums 

 of money to carry on the work. 



Outside of water companies who find the practice of 

 forestry adapted to their needs for pure water is their 

 prime object and forest cover secures this splendidly 

 while tillage and fertilization put agriculture out of 

 the question and a few favored estate owners who 

 have land they cannot otherwise use, the raising of 

 timber by the private owner is not very feasible. This 

 is particularly true of the small woodlot owner. The 

 trouble is that the owner of twenty to thirty acres even 

 if acquainted with the best method of handling his 

 forest crop, cannot sell his products to advantage on 

 account of the small quantity he has to sell. A method 

 of helping him dispose of his material will cause him 

 to regard forestry as worth while and already the 

 Forest Service and one of the State colleges of forestry 

 are working upon a scheme for helping the small wood 

 land owner market his products at a profit. When it 

 is realized that nearly 200,000,000 acres of wood land 

 are owned in connection with farms, the necessity of 

 making the practice of forestry desirable to this kind of 

 owner is clearly seen. 



Another possibility of the future is communal forestry 

 the raising of timber by towns and villages. This type 

 of forest is quite common in Europe and it is no un- 

 usual occurrence to find the town forest nearly if not 

 quite paying the running expenses of some of the 

 smaller villages in Germany. The Sihlwald, the city 

 forest of Zurich, Switzerland, has been owned by that 



