UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 638 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



April 8, 1918 



FORESTRY AND COMMUNITY 

 DEVELOPMENT 



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By 



SAMUEL T. DANA, Assistant Chief of 

 Forest Investigations 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 Too Little Attention Paid to Some Effects 



of Forest Devastation 1 



Why Our Forests Have Been Devastated . 2 

 Neglected Evils of Destructive Lum- 

 bering 3 



A Roving Lumber Industry 3 



Abandoned Towns 4 



Deserted Farms 6 



Local Shortages of Timber 8 



Speculation . . 1 o 



Community Development Interrupted 16 



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 Neglected Evils, etc. Continued. 



Abandoned Railroads 19 



A Lower Standard of Population ... 20 

 Suggestions for a Rational Timberland 



Policy . 21 



Need for a Different System of Han- 

 dling Forest Lands 21 



Land Classification 23 



Continuous Forest Production ... 25 



Stability of Policy 28 



Public Control and Ownership ... 30 



Community Benefits 32 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1918 



