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for many years. Grenerally the lumberman does not con- 

 cern himself in either case about the forest or slash he 

 leaves behind ; his business is to get out of the forest 

 whatever he can utilize or sell ; he treats it as a ripe 

 field; he harvests, — but he does not sow. He does not 

 intentionally destroy any forest ; he merely harvests, but 

 does not care for and protect it, and thus make an effort 

 to keep up the forest and to grow a new crop of timber. 

 For this reason, and to the extent that he fails in this, he 

 is not a forester. 



On the other hand, the farmer who has a piece of wood- 

 land, where, during the winter months he cuts his firewood 

 and fencing and a few logs for the repair of buildings and 

 implements, and during certain years, when prices are 

 high, cuts some logs for the neighlDoring sawmill, but, at 

 the same time, looks after the piece of woods, cleans it 

 of dead timber and other rubbish, thus keeping out fire 

 and insects, and otherwise makes an effort to keep the 

 land covered with forest. — such a man practices /ores ^ry. 

 His forest may be small or large, his ways of doing may 

 be simple and imperfect, so that his woods do not contain 

 as many trees as they should ; the trees may not be the 

 best kinds for the particular locality and soil ; they may 

 not be as thrifty as they should and could be ; Init never- 

 theless here is a man who does not merely destroy the 

 woods, nor content himself with cutting down ^^'hatever 

 he can sell, but one who cares for the woods as well as 



