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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



June 





- ake a spe- 



t on a ."ire 

 F time at his dis- 

 .. " I [i L spec 

 I - seems ina sabk 



nlhs -.: east I 



- - st be spent travc 



- 



h ;-:k r:." -- . - 

 :...:. g In 



rder t see the forests a t is 



at ca og at- 

 fit ser ants - DC ma - 



: : : 5:5; :r ver er 

 ntt ' : '-. 



jling sec Jass on 1 

 be i : - - ghl 



sst E ' : ' '. . ". : 



- and hards . In 

 scienti DCS I consider tli ":-.' 

 States - Enotahea f 



7 : ting pract 



--: '-' -/.ch a trip 



Sers sens 



an forestr 



and these be I tsting va 



of dir -. .: ir. :hr V: 



State? . - me tactical side 



India" : restr s al resent ] --. r:rd- 

 nent. ~ I rking- of 1 



forests is - sera! :he 



-." - > I -- - the fi- 

 nancial :: rtai : forestry has 

 been - :: take i '-:r:::nen: a 

 place an: - some *ases to 

 over-c. :: ng ^ -:;_:__-_..:_-. 

 below, which wi ken from a recent 

 issue of an Incur, r - Ss- 

 trates how the fcrer". - r regai 



"However, v. recogmi :ng 



that the decrease b - Ft ber 

 and fuel in this particv lai - 

 "unavoidable," and tfing t tt t 



various measure- E nnpi I .-.n- 



dertaken entailed cc r- - expense 

 one is inclined to re _ - . situation 

 in which the net re: : : ;e deparv 



rnent dropped by nearf 

 anything but sa: - 



servator and his sub:- - - are 

 therefore once : - in snort- 



ed to remember the fact that :hey 

 are timber merchants.''* 



This idea pervades th-r stra- 



I n and hence the prac: :. . ^ 



sore is most ;..-. :V.lly 

 weiglH ^ht of the expec: 



fir. results. By a tri] : India 



. - : . " lering : I rt st busi- 

 ness n a lar^ . - -.vtheK?: 

 first r lection in the world, practical 

 R the regulati : Brazing. 

 . gei ..nd abuses of ver-felling 

 natural r^ action yvei large areas 

 lean thf results : ~:ain kinds 

 : large scale working pla::> . 

 Dgs,most : :h have 



i I n in th-. _ :- >:.-.:es. 



these is the amount of 



and m::.v spent in :-avel. dan- 



get : ;-.ra".:h, and lack of available 



teraturc : is . st -."? :;:ble to 



~ of working pla: - : - the 



rest - - - or in fact any publica- 



tions, -.ilar to those which our g 



menl str rtes free f r : .: rial 



pi" - - rv.rrhermore. I believe that 



after 1010 or there about? the same 



prim - cd I be an icre in the 



U: -:a:e>. Japan is also a po_ - 



f ' -v.:dy. If her f:re?: service 



s as g In 'v as her other ser- 



DCSj then - - ery reason to believe 



:-.i much of value could be learned 



I are 



7 - xess of a European trip does 



: ":r in the number and excellence 



: the n::,- -.corded so much as in 



the broadening and rounding off of a 



for-r>:tr'> :. .:^ ; ':f i .r. By ?ee:ng for- 



ests : f all descriptions he begins to get 



forestry eye as regards thinnings 



i reproduction, which it is now im- 



pc- I ^ : in the United Sta: 



In making a hurried tour one is apt 



to think that he understands condi- 



I - before he really does. This is es- 



as regards thinnings, and 



my personal experience leads me to 



-7.: rr.mend the actual marking of 



trees. It is surprising how simple 



nnings seem and yet the number of 



Me mkri when personal!}' 



rating them. 



!The notes taken will no doubt prove 



uable and it is essential that they 



- -- v.atic. I should recom- 



nd the card catalogue method with 



