the forest, or use wood in shipping its products or 

 utilize for power purposes waterpowers dependent 

 for their constancy upon preservation of the forest 

 cover. 



Agricultural land throughout most sections of New 

 England is intermixed in relatively small areas with 

 forest land. Under such circumstances agriculture 

 must be combined with forestry in order to realize the 

 highest returns. Thousands of acres of agricultural 

 lands have been left idle because of the exhaustion 

 locally of the forest resource and the consequent de- 

 parture of the lumbermen who furnish the farmer 

 his market. 



The revenue annually derived from fishing, hunt- 

 ing and the summer business reaches a large total and 

 is the chief cash income of many communities. An 

 attractive forest cover is an important item in holding 

 and increasing this business. 



When fully appreciative of the part in their pros- 

 perity which the forest resource has played, and is 

 capable of playing in the future, the people of New 

 England will demand one of two things or both 

 namely : 



That the great majority of the forest lands be pur- 

 chased and managed by the federal or state govern- 

 ments; or, that such restrictions be placed upon priv- 

 ate owners of forest lands as will, while utilizing, 

 perpetuate the forest resources. 



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