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mands that every acre of land useful for growing 

 crops should be cleared and devoted to farming. 

 Under such conditions, the settlers should reserve 

 sufficient woodlands for their home needs, care- 

 fully distinguishing between the land that is best 

 for agricultural purposes and the land that is 

 best for forestry purposes, and thus doubling 

 their resources. 



Thoughtless lumbermen have pillaged mil- 

 lions of acres of our most productive forests. 

 The early lumbermen wasted our woodland re- 

 sources. They made the same mistakes as 

 everyone else in the care and protection of our 

 original forests. The greatest blame for the 

 wasting of our lumber resources rests with the 

 State and Federal authorities who permitted the 

 depletion. Many of our lumbermen now appre- 

 ciate the need of preserving and protecting our 

 forests for future generations. Some of them 

 have changed their policies and are now doing 

 all in their power to aid forest conservation. 



The ability of a properly managed forest to 

 produce new crops of trees year after year prom- 

 ises us a future supply of wood sufficient for all 

 our needs if only we will conserve our timber- 

 lands as they deserve. It is our duty to handle 



