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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Ready for Morning Inspection. 



requirements. These include cooking, 

 swimming, tracking, woodsmanship, a 

 small amount of astronomy, tree iden- 

 tification and a knowledge of animals 

 and birds. They are, in fact, merely 

 the minimum tests which a woodsman 

 has to pass. In order to encourage 

 the boy to keep on with the work of 

 equipping himself for life in the woods, 

 merit badges are offered in the following 



subjects archery, astronomy, camping, 

 cooking, first aid, horsemanship, path 

 finding, personal health, swimming. 

 Every thoroughly equipped woodsman 

 is an expert in practically every one 

 of these subjects. Through the knowl- 

 edge of this kind, Scouts like Daniel 

 Boone and David Crockett were able 

 to outwit the Indian and win for us the 

 country west of the Alleghany Mountains . 



A Hike through the Woods. 



