FORESTRY AND THE FORESTRY PROBLEM 3 



and many others provide general courses in the economics of forestry, 

 or on forestry for the farmer. 



The forestry movement toward the solution of the forestry prob- 

 lem has gained rapid momentum. Progress has been made to a point 

 where the vital need of a definite forest policy, coordinating the work 

 of the Nation and the states, is beyond question. The necessity of 

 tax adjustments that will encourage reforestation is plain. The need 

 of redoubled efforts to protect the forests from the drain of fires and 

 disease is obvious. Reforestation, more careful management, elimina- 

 tion of waste are among the items that must be incorporated in such 

 a policy. 



In view of that which has already been accomplished by the 

 various active agencies, and in the light of the gradual accumulation 

 of facts about the forestry problem and the condition of the forests, 

 the American Tree Association has felt that an Almanac of Forestry 

 will aid in giving a clear conception of the present situation. 



In this volume, therefore, has been assembled all the important 

 available information concerning forestry endeavor; presenting fig- 

 ures as simply and yet as descriptively as possible ; showing the basis 

 and scope of the forestry movement, and, in general, summing up the 

 situation. The Almanac is not designed to be a compendium of 

 detailed statistics or scientific facts, but rather a volume through which 

 all interested in forestry and conservation may find what has been 

 done, what is being done and what is yet to be done. 



