VI CONTENTS 



I'.VUE 



Resin and Tirpextixk Ixdistry . . . . . IT-l 



Seeds and Mast ........ 177 



Pasturage .......... 17S 



Game and Fish ........ 180 



The BrsixEss ok the Forest . . . . . . .18:2 



Special Kinds of Forests ....... 184 



The Wood Lot ......... 184 



Waste L.\nds ......... 198 



Forest Plantations on Prairies ..... 195 



Sand Dunes 198 



PART III — RELATED TOPICS 



The Forest as a Protective Cover ..... 20.3 



The Forests of our Country ...... l'(i9 



Some History 211 



The Wood . 217 



Some Structural Features ...... 217 



Some Physical Properties ...... 227 



Some Chemical Properties ...... 2oO 



Wood as compared with Iron ..... 232 



How to distinguish our Com.mon Trees .... 288 



Conifers .......... 240 



Broad-Leaved Trees ....... 24<i 



How to use the Key ....... 256 



APPENDIX 



L The Doyle-Scribnek Lo(; Scale ..... 259 



TI. Tahi.e of Circles . . . . . . 2(i(» 



III. List of Woods and Treks ...... 2<Jl 



