22 OUR VANISHING FORESTS 



lot and as such they represent an early or advance 

 yield which helps to return the investment cost and 

 make it financially possible for the wood grower to 

 await the development of the rest of his plantation. 

 Government commissions and forestry associations 

 are beginning to realize that the emphasizing of 

 the short-time forest crop is essential to the accom- 

 plishment of their aim. It is the keynote to the 

 successful growing of a forest near the ultimate 

 market for its various products, and as such the 

 foundation stone for a new low cost of living. 



