26 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
kindling factories, and a host of small industries 
which thrive in the presence of an abundance of 
wood. 
The majority of people have a strong desire to 
possess land. There is a gratification or pleasure in 
A SOUTHERN PINERY. 
A scene near the Chefuncte River, La. 
mere possession. It is in this way for a compara- 
tively small sum that a rich, busy man may secure 
seclusion and rest. Our forest lands have been man- 
gled to such extent by lumbermen that one must 
travel many miles from the centers of population 
to find the true wilderness. It will soon be so that 
every man must own a resort in order to secure 
