To cut the ripe timber in such a way as to insure restocking of the 

 land and the continuance of forest production. 



To sell ripe timber at a price representing, as required by statute, 

 the appraised market value and a proper return to the public which 

 owns it. 



To sell ripe timber in such a way as to prevent its speculative 

 acquisition and holding. 



To prevent monopoly of public timber and to use it as far as pos- 

 sible to maintain competitive conditions in the lumber industry. 



To provide first for the requirements of local communities and in- 

 dustries, including free use and sale at cost to settlers as authorized 

 by statute. 





An agricultural community near Fiume, Hungaria. Buildings of stone and con- 

 crete, roofs of tile or thatch. Gound floor devoted to farm stock, upper floors to the 

 family. Result of the dearth of cheap building material. 



To make timbered lands of agricultural value available for settle- 

 ment, under conditions which prevent speculative acquisition but en- 

 courage permanent and genuine farming. 



To return as soon as possible the cost of protection and administra- 

 tion and to yield a revenue to the states, which are entitled by statute 

 to 25 per cent of all gross receipts as an offset to the loss of local taxes 

 through Government ownership of the forests. 



SOME ASPECTS OF FORESTRY 



By TREADWELL CLEVELAND, JR. 



Many people in this country think that forestry had never been 

 tried until our Government began to practice it upon the national 

 forests. Yet forestry is practiced by every civilized country in the 

 world, except China and Turkey. It gets results which can be got 



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