244 North American Forests and Forestry 



Leaves, appearing under the auspices of the Penn- 

 sylvania Forestry Association. The excellent 

 periodical called Garden and Forest, which had 

 forestry for one of its fields of work, has unfortu- 

 nately been obliged to suspend. In this connection 

 it should be stated that the lumbering and other 

 trade papers representing industries dependent on 

 forests are now mostly among the stanchest sup- 

 porters of improved methods. At first these 

 people were very contemptuous of the entire 

 movement. But gradually they discovered that 

 forestry reform was not a fad of theorists, dreamers, 

 and impracticables, but a very business-like prop- 

 osition, of the utmost importance to their branches 

 of trade, as well as to the whole nation. 



The above partial enumeration of what is being 

 done in the United States for the promotion of 

 better treatment and utilization of our forest re- 

 sources must suffice for the purposes of this little 

 volume. We are nearing the end of our cursory 

 survey of the vast subject. One thing remains to 

 be discussed : The work of introducing into this 

 country a better system of managing forests requires 

 the best powers of a multitude of trained men. 

 How can such men be found? How can they be 

 prepared for their work? What are the qualifi- 

 cations they should possess, and what are the 

 rewards that may be held out to them ? 



