356 Conservation of Lumber Supply 



And while the farmers are doubtless equally under obli- 

 gations to handle the soil conservatively and bring it to the 

 best use of all as well as of themselves, the lumbermen do, 

 or should, recognize that they are equally under obligations, 

 but in both cases, the public can only expect, and put in 

 force, any policy or requirement consistent with the owner- 

 ship and local control of each tract or portion which has come 

 into the possession of the different individuals or compan- 

 ies — whether of timber or agricultural land. 



That the timber should be conserved in the best prac- 

 tical manner, and the soil cultivated in a like conservative 

 way to produce the best results in both cases, is the duty of 

 both the farmer and the lumberman, as far as it is made 

 practicable for them. 



But the General Government, the States and timbered 

 Counties and the timberland owners and lumbermen must 

 co-operate and agree upon a conservation policy that will to 

 best advantage for the future and for centuries to come, 

 serve the best interests of the present and coming genera- 

 tions with the best and most satisfactory supply of timber 

 that can be devised to meet the increasing demands of the 

 great populations of the future centuries. 



