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desired epoch, when supply will meet demand, and 

 that road is immediate and continuous planting. 

 Planting is the keystone of Forestry, and it is the 

 one stone that has been neglected. Trees cannot be 

 grown in a year ; time must be counted by genera- 

 tions, therefore no time should be lost if we are to 

 benefit those who will follow us in due course. One 

 generation plants for the next, and not for itself; 

 but one reaps what the past has planted, and so 

 runs the plain path of duty. 



Planting should not be considered as a purely 

 financial concern. " Will it pay ? " should not be 

 asked. It is a duty which is inherent ; it is an 

 obligation of land ownership, and also the prime 

 principle of Forestry. Every landowner who sells 

 timber should remember that he is reaping the crop 

 his forefathers planted, and he should plant that his 

 successor should reap also. 



It should not be a case of money, because naturally, 

 when selling, a percentage would be set aside for 

 replanting. Let the Government be asked to aid 

 in the planting of the vast area of waste land, but do 

 not allow this aid to usurp the inherent duty of the 

 landowner. 



The lessons we have to apply from those we have 

 learnt during the war may be summed up as 

 follows : 



1. Planting should follow cutting. 



2. That all planting should be conducted on a 

 commercial basis, and Forestry be treated as a means 

 of supplying commercial and economic needs. 



3. That trees should be selected which will meet 



