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THE FORESTER. 



May, 



requirements of trees and can demonstrate 

 his skill in moulding forests into such a 

 shape that the greatest amount of the most 

 valuable material will be produced in the 

 shortest possible time. But it is the busi- 



country. We know extremely little about 

 the life of our trees and every encourage- 

 ment should be given to experiments which 

 teach how to handle them. But they 

 should be understood as experiments in 



SOFT MAPLE FOREST PLANTATION, TWELVE YEARS OLD, IN PALO 

 ALTO COUNTY, IOWA. TREES TOO FAR APART TO KEEP 

 OUT THE GRASS. SHOWS A FAILURE IN TREE PLANT- 

 ING DUE TO LACK OF SILVICULTURAL STUDY. 



ness side of forestry, forest management, 

 which makes this knowledge and skill of 

 value and practical utility. A demonstra- 

 tion of silviculture, which pretends to be 

 a demonstration of practical forestry, but 

 which makes financial considerations of in- 

 cidental interest alone, does on injustice to 

 forestry, especially at this time when the 

 science is on trial as really practical for 

 business men. 



Experiments in silviculture are of great 

 value and are very much needed in this 



silviculture, made to increase our knowl- 

 edge of the silvicultural treatment of our 

 forests, and not as demonstrations or ex- 

 amples of practical forestry. 



Nothing would delight the forester more 

 than the opportunity to base the man- 

 agement of his forest upon silvicultural 

 considerations alone. He could produce 

 in the end a very complete forest. But 

 this can be done only on experimental 

 tracts. 



In the countries where forestrv has been 



