C. A. SCHENCK. 



Natural sciences deal with the phenomena of nature. 

 Social sciences deal with the phenomena (institutions) of 

 mankind. 



Scientific forestry deals (like scientific agriculture) with the 

 influence of mankind on nature. 

 Some of the best foresters have denied, quite recently, the 

 claim of forestry to rank as a science. 



What we know about the trees in the forest is that is the 

 claim not forestry; it is merely a certain part of botany; and 

 scientific forestry cannot, of course, cover what is already covered 

 by scientific botany. 



The functions of the State with reference to the forests cannot 

 be forestry; and a systematized knowledge concerning these 

 functions cannot be scientific forestry. 



