tho rot ortonds. This should "bo of groat help to tho scal- 

 ing Hanger, 



Lot me say a word about; v/hat forest Pathology ought 

 to do for tho Bangor; I no an in tho educational lino, not 

 merely by instructing him in ouch practical points as just 

 mentioned, which ird.ll malrc his worlr more GO curate, and, 

 tlioroforo, more economic to tho Service, but also by arous~ 

 ing tind strengthening his interest in tho structure and life 

 history of tho Forest as a community, and of tho troo in- 

 dividuals uhich aro intrurjtod to hie caro. I find tho aver- 

 ago Bangor most rosponsivo v/honovor ho loc.rns about some- 

 thing that does not strictly touch his de.ily routine* I 

 know you can not figuro out tho advantage of this attitude 

 of mind in dollars and cents, but I thin!: you will agrao 

 with mo that tho Ranger to whom tho Torost is tho most in- 

 terest inc book ho ovor road, full of practical infornation, 

 is immoasurably more valuable to tho Service ulian tho meJi 

 who plods along his daily prescribed road with oyos closed. 



I have boon eblo to give you only a fow of tho re- 

 sults obtained so far and can only hint at tho innuriorable 

 questions still to bo anevorod. Tho Porosts are full of 

 practical problems, most of them difficiilt to deal with* 

 The fuiuro will show whether Forest Pathology is able to 

 solvo them or not* 



