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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



the life of railroad ties and telegraph 

 poles. The ties are laid in regular track 

 and closely watched to note the effect of 

 the preservatives used. This is work of 

 great value, since it may be able to re- 

 place the oak and longleaf-pine ties with 

 chemically treated beech and other less 

 expensive species. 



In all kinds of work the men carry 

 cameras, and are encouraged to photo- 

 graph matters of interest freely. A re- 

 port is doubled in value when backed 

 by a good series of intelligently selected 

 views. 



But it is not in the Federal sen-ice 

 alone that opportunity is offered to the 



The most prominent example of pri- 

 vate work under a trained man is that 

 of the Biltmore estate of Mr. George 

 Vanderbilt, near Asheville, North Caro- 

 lina, which is administered along the 

 lines laid down by a working plan under 

 the direction of Dr. Schenck, who also 

 conducts the work of the Biltmore Forest 

 School. More and more the great pulp 

 and logging companies, and the rail- 

 roads, and manufacturers of hardwoods 

 are seeking the advice and services of 

 expert foresters in carrying on their 

 woodland operations. They pay good 

 salaries and will pay better later on 

 when their need becomes a little more 



FORESTERS TRAVEUNG ON SNOWSHOES IN THK ADIRONDACKS, NEW YOKK. 



thoroughly trained forester. It seems 

 likely that for many years to come there 

 will be a demand for men who have 

 shown themselves sufficiently capable in 

 the Bureau work to merit official ap- 

 proval and recommendation. 



Very recently two such men have 

 been employed in responsible positions, 

 one as forester of the Territory of 

 Hawaii and the other as forester to the 

 State of Wisconsin. New York, Penn- 

 sylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire 

 and Michigan also have foresters look- 

 ing after their woodlands, who did not, 

 however, pass through the course of 

 government training. 



generally evident. Business men of the 

 past century are apt to think that hiring 

 a forester is a piece of useless expense 

 a twentieth century fad. They got along 

 well enough, they say, and looked after 

 their own woodlands. But the times 

 are changing rapidly. The good old 

 days of big, free timber and small pop- 

 ulation have gone by forever. Hence- 

 forward it is to be always more and 

 more intensely a question of stoppage 

 of waste, of getting the most out of the 

 soil, of securing the fractional margin 

 that was almost despised 30 years ago. 

 The scientific methods of the forester 

 are the only means that can save the 



