"Present tendeno5.es in private forestry indicate a 

 more logical development than at any tiiae since forest conser- 

 vation became an isr.ue. Instead of attempting to put iianedi- 

 at iily into effect complete policies and an intensive management 

 which are scientifically correct, the things now being attempted 

 are the logical steps which will ultimately lead to systematic $ 

 long-time management of private forest lands. The private owner 

 is learning that fire' protection is possible and that it pays. 

 With this fact established, other things vrill be taken up and 

 worked out until the progressive timber land owner will find tha.t 

 he is practicing the kind of forestry which pays in this country. 



"In a word, private forestry, as it can bo properly 

 practiced in the United States today, is not the intensive for- 

 estry of Germany, but the application of protective and close 

 utilization measures with provisions for natural regeneration. 

 These principles, applied as economic conditions permit, will 

 build up the art and practice of forestry in America." 



JL 

 Tt 



