CHAPTER III. 

 CHOICE OF A FORESTER. 



THE first thing that a proprietor will do, after having 

 determined his object, will be to secure the services 

 of a forester. This often is a difficulty of no mean 

 character. As before stated, there are few really 

 qualified men, but many so-called woodmen. This 

 is only a natural result of lack of requirement. Where 

 there is no demand, there is, as a rule, no supply ; 

 and few will take the trouble to acquaint themselves 

 with a full knowledge of forestry who are not likely 

 to be in a position to practise it. If once the land- 

 owners show a determination to extend their planta- 

 tions, and manifest an interest in the conservation of 

 their existing woods, there will be an expressed 

 desire by a class to obtain the necessary education. 



Again, the wages or salaries given to foresters or 

 woodmen have not been such as to secure the services 

 of educated men. Men having a knowledge of 

 chemistry, entomology, geology, vegetable physiology, 

 and so forth, are not satisfied with 50 to 70 a year ; 

 and it is seldom that the return from our woods will 

 meet a more extravagant salary. 



Nevertheless it is possible, and not improbable, that 



