We have had wj nuoh discussion of the work a Ranger 

 or "Government Handy Wt-Ty* as he la sometimes called, has to 

 do, that TTO might call his rork an immense mountain that oan 

 only be scaled by using the ladder of knov.ledge. At flrat 

 each Rancor started- to climb on his own Ladder of Knoelodge, 

 fashioned nfter his oro Idea. Then it was realized that if 

 each man started at the bottom and spent a life time in the 

 Service, that they zould eventually attain about the same 

 height an<? none of them be aole to attain the top. Theja 

 thoy discovered that the best timber to build with vras 

 System and the fastest builder COOPERATION. Then they 

 started the system of ladder-Tray building by cooperation 

 to scale this mountain of trcrk. The man vrho has spent 

 twenty years studying Timber gave his knowledge, the man 

 who has spent tv;enty years on the Range hao given his , so 

 in turn each man has given his knowledge to build into the 

 Lad<?er-Way of Cooperation that rill eventually reach the 

 top of this mountain of vork anfl there attci . a perfect 

 system of Forestry. 



It is no-.7 realised that the life time of a Ranger 

 is far too short to study out a system along each line of 

 his rork from his orn observations. He must bo able to 

 profit by the other nan's experience and tn>e up tiio rork 

 from vrhore he loft it and carry it on in such a manner that 

 his successor can continue on from the point where ho left 

 off. 



In the danger's Course we have a history of the 

 knowledge obtained by several different men, each one upon 

 a separate line of investigation. In this Course wo have 

 a chance to learn in a for months the !cnov?ledge that the 

 other fellows spent several years in obtaining. Ken vrho 

 have spent t- ont;. r years in the timber have loft us a 

 vnritten description of their best methods of Cruising that 

 t/o can reed in trenty minutes. 



A ranger might be thoroughly practical and might 

 knor every inch of his District and yet have need of this 

 Course to toech him some of the most vital parts of Forestry. 

 There is scarcely a day goes by thet he does not have use 

 for some of the Information Driven in this course. It Trill 

 help him in making his reports, in classifying timber, in 

 his system of mrnageraent and in his dealings rlth the 

 general public. It teaches hin to observe closely and to 

 Tirite an accurate description of ^hat he has observed. It 

 gives him an idea of rhat has been done outside of hie OTO 

 territory and sho\7B him hov other nen have overcome the 

 same difficulties thet ho has to contend vith. It explains 



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