PARAGRAPH II. 



PURPOSE AT STAKE IN PRIVATE AND IN 

 GOVERNMENT FORESTRY. 



That forestry is best which best complies with the desire of the 

 owner of the forest (Schlich). 



This desire may be: 



A. The desire of the private owner: 



1. To earn money (from sale of timber, pasture, fruit, bark, 

 naval stores, minerals, etc.). 



(Fi-nancial forestry.) 



2. To enjoy sport. 



(Game preserves.) 



3. To enjoy and enhance' the beauty of the forest. 



(Park forestry.) 



Obviously, financial forestry holds the leading position with 

 the private owner. Park forestry is practised, on a small scale, 

 by municipalities and by wealthy men. 



In all three cases, we might distinguish between forestry in 

 existing woodlands and forestry on soil now lying bare. 



B. The desire of the commonweal: 



1. To conserve or obtain natural blessings supplied or 

 supposed to be supplied by the forest: 



(a) Water supply (for drink, irrigation, navigation, etc.). 



(b) Public health. 



(c) Moderation of temperature. 



(d) Preservation of humidity. 



(e) Rainfall. 



2. To prevent calamities: 



(f) Excessive erosion and destructive floods. 



(g) Damage by avalanches, sand shifts, snow drifts, 

 and rough winds. 



