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much as the chief purpose of protection or ornament 

 demands. 



The Forest Service is planning to raise the most valuable 

 crops possible to be grown on its true timberlands, make 

 as much money as it can on the protected slopes and at the 

 same time get the best protection, plant up the open spaces 

 that do not furnish good grazing, and so regulate the 

 stock on the grazing land that the highest possible number 

 of stock will be accommodated and the quality of the 

 range improved ; all measures for the very best use of all 

 the land that comes under its jurisdiction. The motto 

 of the forester is always complete use, never useless reser- 

 vation. 



It is clear that forestry in this country has already 

 reached an advanced stage on the government forests and 

 a complicated system is being rapidly built up. Techni- 

 cally trained men are necessary for carrying out the work, 

 and their training is little less thorough than that for other 

 professions. This book, however, does not propose to 

 take up those details that are necessary only in the han- 

 dling of large tracts of forest land. Only those phases of 

 the work that are applicable to the farm woodlot will be 

 considered in a handbook for the farmer who wishes to 

 handle his woodlot to the best advantage. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORESTS IN CANADA 



The development of the forests in Canada has not 

 followed exactly the same lines as in the United States. 

 This is due partly to the character of the forests them- 

 selves, partly to the slow rate of settlement and partly to 

 the form of government. 



