the Forest Ser/ice, U. S. l*j>*ru. -lit of Agriculture.) 



PROGRESS IN FORESTRY K^T RKL^AUKD FOR P'ljLICATION 



DE^::NDS ON THE PTELIC BE/OHE AFTERNOOI; o:^ i;6v, 17* 



Washington, November 17*- -'T~rc gr-,,ss in i'or t ptry depends 

 more upon v,hat the public permit.** than upr*n v/hat foresters and 

 lumbermen perform." This is a conclusion of the forestry coiTunit- 

 tee, as expressed at tha cnr, jei'v:,tion c^u^i-ess today. 



'Ac a oonse=:;urnce , *' the coi.j;i ttee roes on to . a\y, "pub- 

 lic education is of prime ii.portr.nce , pud the best rarthods of edu- 

 Bating thr^ public demand special ctudy, Since no one else has 

 the interest or the requisite forestry knowledge, foresters and 

 lumbermen must learn this trade or profession in addition to 

 their oT-vn, 



"It is not forests, but the use of forests, v'hioh v;e 

 seek to perpetuate and therefore to be sound and convincing edu- 

 cation ran s t in c lud e a kn ov/1 e d 50 of th e 1 u;.ib e r l>u L i n ? s z v ' :? 



In presenting some of the educational devices the cora- 

 mittpe corm.iended particularly the booklets gotten out by various 

 forect fire protective associations. Another device is a paper 

 drinking cup to be folded by children, each fold telling a pic- 

 tured story of the growth of a forest fire, anl of the evils of 

 its oi'fects. Still another is a mat oh box legend v;hich points 

 out that -vhile a match has a head it cannot think for itsolf , 

 but is dependent on the thought of the us^r to keep it fron doing 



harm ir. the v/oods. 



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