64 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
6. Tue Forest as A BEAUTIFIER OF THE EARTH 
It would be difficult to overrate the value of a 
well-kept forest as an adorner of the earth. In many 
places, especially in the neighborhood of great re- 
sorts, such as the White Mountains and the Adiron- 
dacks, the forest as a factor in attracting visitors is 
worth more in dollars and cents, many times over, 
than its value for lumber. The monotony of a desert 
or plain is wearisome. The ideal country is the one 
in which there is a proper mingling of well-kept for- 
ests and fields. If a hilly country, the farm-land be- 
longs in the fertile valleys, and the forests on the 
hillsides. An excellent example of such a happy com- 
bination is the Black Forest of Baden, a land of 
beautiful forests in the mountains, with carefully cul- 
tivated fields and irrigated meadows in the valleys. 
The great beauty and healthfulness of this region at- 
tract many tourists and invalids. The roads are ex- 
cellent and the towns frequent. Along the streams 
are many sawmills which are constantly working the 
well-earned increment into lumber. Men, women, 
and children find employment in the forest, on their 
farms, and in the various industrial establishments, 
many of which are dependent upon the products of 
the forest, or the power yielded by the forest streams. 
Compare this with a burnt-over, depleted woodland, 
