of 



building; they also used wood for fuel, furniture, 

 and fortifications. When trading-posts were 

 established in the wilderness the axe was as 

 essential as the gun. From Atlantic to Pacific 

 the pioneers built their cabins of wood. As the 

 country developed, wood continued to be indis- 

 pensable; it was used in almost every industry, 

 and to-day it has a more general use than ever. 



Forests enrich us in many ways. One of these 

 is through the supply of wood which they pro- 

 duce, which they annually produce. Wood is 

 one of the most useful materials used by man. 

 Wood is the home-making material. It gives 

 good cheer to a million hearthstones. How 

 extensively it is used for tools, furniture, and 

 vehicles, for mine timbers and railroad develop- 

 ment ! The living influences which forests exert, 

 the environments which they create and main- 

 tain, are potent to enable man best to manage 

 and control the earth, the air, and the water, so 

 that these will give him the greatest service and 

 do him the least damage. 



Forests are water-distributors, and every- 

 where their presence tends to prevent both 



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