PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 



THE reception given to this little work has been very 

 gratifying, and the book appears to have been found useful 

 not only by ' Woodmen ', but also by foresters, forestry 

 students, land agents, and the owners of woods. During the 

 ten years since the book was first published much has happened 

 to increase the interest taken in forestry. The woods of the 

 country have been ruthlessly felled to provide timber during 

 the war, and in consequence the Forestry Act has been passed 

 and the Forestry Commission appointed to deal with affores- 

 tation. I have therefore brought out this second edition to 

 provide a simple handbook for those who will now, in increas- 

 ing numbers, be dealing with forestry. 



In order to retain the character of the book and to be able 

 to keep it at a moderate price, I have not much altered the 

 original chapters, except to bring them up to date in accord- 

 ance with experience gained during the last ten years, and to 

 revise planting distances and costs of operations, the latter 

 having, of course, increased very much. I have added a chapter 

 on the Forestry Act and Forestry Commission, and also one 

 on the Afforestation of Waste Lands. I hope that the book 

 will continue to be of service to all * Woodmen ' or persons 

 interested in forestry. It is, however, only meant to be an 

 elementary book, and it is hoped that those interested and 

 who are in charge of woods will study the more detailed 

 works, especially Schlich's Manual of Forestry. 



C. O. HANSON. 

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