14 STUDIES OF OCCUPATIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



vacation or other time in service under a trained forester. One 

 enters public employment in the occupation by means of the 

 Civil Service examinations. 



There are distinct grades of work in the public service for 

 which there are various requirements. A forestry course should 

 include the studies of botany, geology, zoology, physics, in- 

 organic chemistry, forest mensuration, trigonometry and sur- 

 veying, topography, something of civil engineering, economics, 

 and a reading knowledge of French and German. Some of our 

 foremost foresters have studied in the excellent schools of 

 forestry of the Old World. 



6. Other requirements: A liking for forest life; a rugged consti- 

 tution; intelligence to do professional work; an interest in 

 science; good judgment; strength to bear responsibility; execu- 

 tive ability. 



7. Earnings: The United States Forest Service pays salaries up 

 to $3,750 a year; State Forest Commissions pay from $2,000 

 to $4,000 for head foresters and from $1,000 to $2,500 for 

 assistants; earnings in private employment are about the same 

 as in public. 



8. Effect on the worker : The preservation of health and strength, 

 an increased love of nature, and an enlarged spirit of service 

 for the good of mankind. 



9. References : 



Bassett, S. W. The Story of Lumber. 



Bishop, A. L., and Keller, A. G. Industry and Trade. Pp. 



27-31, forests. 



Boy Scouts of America, Forestry. 



Noyes, William. Handwork in Wood, chap, i, logging. 

 Pinchot, Gifford. The Training of a Forester. 

 Pressey, Park. A Vocational Reader, pp. 43-48, with a forestry 



crew. 

 Smith, J. R. Commerce and Industry, chap, x, the forest 



industries and paper. 

 Stanford University Committee on Vocational Guidance, 



Vocational Information, p. 21. 

 Weaver, E. W., and Byler, J. F. Profitable Vocations for Boys, 



260, forestry. 

 Women's Employment Publishing Co., Careers, 209 and 210, 



forestry for women; and 213, training. 



