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INDEX 



Forest fires, causes of, 98 



effects of, 94 



fighting, 95 



kinds of, 93 



protection against, 92, 100 

 Forest protection, associations 

 for, 172 



fire fighting and, 95 



fire prevention and, 100 



fires and, 92 



insects and, 102 



snow and, 105 



wind and, 105 

 Forest ranger, education of, 79 



value of, 83 

 Forest taxation, 170 

 Forests, artificial, 67 



development of, 46 



effect of, on run off, 12, 27 

 on soil, 40 



enemies of, 102-106 



hastening growth of, 63 



history of, 46 ,48 



indirect influences of, 3, 11, 

 16, 17, 24, 177 



original extent of, 4, 172 



present extent of, 4, 171 



reproduction in, 42 



taxation of, 170 



types of, 119 



value of, 172 

 Forestry, definition of, 1 



education in, 78, 79, 172 



financial results of, 67, 74, 169 



future of, 8, 168, 172, 173, 175 



history of, 4 



need of, 2, 4 



present situation in, 171 



private, 171 



state, 172 



statistics in, 171 



Forestry, woodlot, 174 

 Forestry organizations, 172 

 Forestry profession, education 

 for, 78, 79, 



life in, 82, 86, 113 



opportunities in, 81, 86, 87 



qualifications for, 78 



specialization in, 81, 90 



state work in, 86 

 Fungi, blister rust, 104 



chestnut blight, 103, 214 



damage due to, 103 



Game, conservation of, 29, 35 



relation of, to forests, 16 

 Gum, red or sweet, 293 



Hardwoods, consumption of, 278 



defined, 179, 201 



described, 201, 281, 291 



identification of, 285 

 Hawthorn, 268 

 Hazel nut, 266 

 Hemlock, 192, 290 

 Horse chestnut, 162 

 Humus, effect of, on run off, 12 



formation of, 48 



Improvement cuttings, defined, 



64 

 Insects, damage due to, 102, 164 



moth attacks, 102 



remedies for, 103, 164 



June berry, 246 

 Juniper, 242 



Larch, 188, 290 

 Laurel, great, 254 



mountain, 252 

 Linden, 236, 292 



