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produce, it may be advisable for him to prepare forest produce 

 iu the form in which it is directly utilizable for various industries, 

 in which case he carries-on auxiliary industries depending on 

 forestry. To deal fully with these industries is, however, beyond 

 the province of the present book, and they will be described only 

 in such detail as the ordinary routine of forestry requires. 



The matter of which the science of Forest Utilization, thus 

 extended, is composed may be comprised under three principal 

 headings, which arc as follows : — 



I. Hakvesting, Conversion and Disposal of Principal 

 Forest Produce. 



II. Har\t:sting and Disposal of Minor Forest Produce. 



III. Auxiliary Industries depending on Forestry. 



[Owing to the enormous destruction of forests in America and 

 other countries, and the fact that as yet forests are properly managed 

 in only a few countries, there appears to be more reason for hopeful- 

 ness than Gayer anticipates, as regards the future financial aspect 

 of forestry. — Tr.] 



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