COMMERCIAL FORESTRY 



our income from mining ; for, with proper man- 

 agement, the investment will, be permanent, in- 

 exhaustible, and hence fundamental to the nation's 

 life and prosperity. 



Lumbering is as important to successful forestry 

 as is the digging of potatoes or the harvesting of 

 any crop when it is ripe. The same essentials of 

 culture, also, must be understood in getting maxi- 

 mum returns in the one case as in the other. 



Forestry and commercial forestry are synony- 

 mous terms. Forestry in its true sense, when 

 managed properly, will utilize our three million 

 acres of land in Massachusetts, at present seen 

 scattered in every section, known as waste land, 

 abandoned pastures, sprout lands, barrens, plains, 

 etc., returning them to forest culture. The same 

 culture that will return saw logs to our mills, make 

 work for our country folk in winter, replenish our 

 town treasuries, repaint the old red schoolhouse, 

 pay the sexton to again ring the church bell, make 

 better roads and, in short, return the former sub- 

 stantial livelihood of country life, will also con- 

 serve moisture, protect and enrich the soil, give 

 an equable climate and return to Massachusetts 

 and New England the natural beauty we all would 

 love so much to see. 



If commercial forestry will do this, the aesthetic 

 man, who now and then sets out a shade tree and 

 spends more time criticising the practical lumber- 

 man, can employ his time to better advantage. 



Our portable mill operators, who are to be 

 found in nearly every country town, are, generally 

 speaking, our best and most public-spirited citizens 

 and, as a matter of fact, the leaders of the com- 

 munities. These men also are the most approach- 

 able men in the world, and willing to foster and 

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