The object of forestry is to discover and apply the principles according to which 

 forests are best managed. . . . The forest is as beautiful as it is useful. The old 

 fairy tales which spoke of it as a terrible place are wrong. No one can really know the 

 forest without feeling the gentle influence of one of the kindliest and strongest parts of 

 nature. From every point of view it is one of the most helpful friends of man. Per- 

 haps no other natural agent has done so much for the human race and has been so 



recklessly used and so little understood. 



Gifford Pinchot. 



The magnificent forests of Michigan were a blessed heritage from the hand of 

 God. The ruthless destruction of them, by the thoughtless hand of man, has brought 

 upon us conditions which have reduced our productive power, and taken from our fair 

 peninsula her most enchanting beauty. 



Shall we not learn wisdom from the history of older countries, and teach our people 

 the pleasant lessons of tree-planting and forest production, thereby transforming them into 

 tree lovers and wholesome factors for rehabilitating otir landscape and fostering our 

 productive industries. 



