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of Captain Robert Dollar, the foremost producer and exporter 

 of lumber in the United States. 



Giles, F. M., and I. K. Vocational Civics, 46 and 47, forestry; 

 and 49 and 50, " logging." 



Griffith, I. S. Essentials of Woodworking, chap, xi, lumbering 

 and milling. 



Jones, Guy M., Co. Trade Foundations, 45-58, lumbering. 



Kober, G. M., and Hanson, W. C. Diseases of Occupation and 

 Vocational Hygiene, 436, exposure to excessive cold and 

 preventive measures; and 673 and 674, the lumber industry. 



New York State College of Agriculture. Methods of Determin- 

 ing the Value of Timber in the Farm Woodlot. 



Pinchot, Gifford. The Training of a Forester. 



Rollins, F. W. What Can a Young Man Do? chap. 1, lumber- 

 ing. 



10. THE NURSERYMAN 



1. Importance : The nurseryman grows young plants for the use of 

 farmers, gardeners, fruit growers, florists, and others. He is 

 usually associated with the seedsman, and the growing and 

 selling of seeds and plants are often combined. Agricultural 

 schools and colleges and the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture are giving increasing attention each year to the pro- 

 duction and distribution of improved seeds and plants. 



2. Tasks: Cultivating the soil as in ordinary agriculture; select- 

 ing and improving seeds and plants by scientific methods; pro- 

 pagating plants also by cutting, budding, grafting, and layering 

 or rooting in the earth; spraying and caring for young plants; 

 and marketing nursery products, which sometimes leads to the 

 conduct of a retail business. 



3. Advantages: Life out of doors; the light nature of most of the 

 work, for an agricultural occupation; the lack of extreme com- 

 petition in the industry, because of the training, experience, and 

 capital necessary to establish it in a community; permanency 

 of employment because of the value of the worker's knowledge 

 and experience. 



4. Disadvantages : The need of extended special training and ex- 

 perience and considerable capital to enter the industry on a 

 profitable scale; the dangers of injury to nursery stock from 



