PART I, 



HARVESTING, COXVKRSION AND DISPOSAL OF PRINCIPAL 

 FORKST PRODUCE. 



It is impossible to make the best use of any material without 

 a thorough knowledge of its external appearance and inward 

 structure. As every producer endeavours to become acquainted 

 from all points of view with the raw material of which his wares 

 are composed, so that he may render them most useful and 

 increase their sale-value as much as possible, so the forester 

 should — at least, to a certain extent — study the properties 

 and consequent utilities of wood. Only after acquiring this 

 knowledge will he be able to convert and classify his wood, 

 so as to satisfy the demands of the timber-market and obtain 

 for it the best possible price. If he has produced wood of the 

 proper quality and dimensions, the next question is how to 

 dispose of it to the best advantage. 



These considerations lead to the subdivision of Part I. into 

 the following five chapters : — 



I. Technic.yl Properties and Qualities of Wood. 

 II. Industrial Uses of Wood. 



III. Methods of Felling and Converting Wood. 



IV. Transport of Wood. 



V. Disi-osAL and Sale of Wood. 



