Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1915. 



319 



ascertaining the rate of growth of 

 certain species in different localities, 

 knowledge of the exact relation be- 

 tween forest growth and lumber 

 consumption, and many similar sub- 

 jects, all of which the lumbermen 

 are willing to admit must be worked 

 out by the technical forester. 



Pass on the Cost. 



Scientific forestry methods along 

 the lines suggested mean large addi- 

 tional expense compared to the pre- 

 sent manner of cutting timber. This 

 increased cost must, of course, be 

 borne in the end by the consumer, 

 and just as soon as the consumer is 

 willing to stand it, I state again that 

 these methods will be gladly under- 

 taken by the lumbermen. Cheap 

 virgin timber is becoming hard to 

 find. Nearly all of the merchantable 

 timber on the North American con- 

 tinent, with the exception of large 

 tracts in Mexico, has been pur- 

 chased. For this reason, many tim- 

 ber owners are looking forward to 

 the day when it may be possible to 

 put what forests they now own upon 

 a permanently paying basis by cut- 

 ting it in proportion to its growth. 



Reforestation, or the planting of a 

 new crop of trees upon cut-over or 

 barren lands not suitable for agri- 

 culture, the lumbermen believe must 

 be done by the state and national 

 governments. This is a work which 

 cannot be considered by the present 

 generation of men as a profitable 

 enterprise or investment, except in 

 a very minor way, as the returns to 

 be expected are inadequate and suc- 

 cess too uncertain. The length of 

 time to plant and mature a profit- 

 able crop of timber is too great to 

 interest Americans. It is certain 

 that the individual must pay taxes 

 in some form or other while the 

 state is exempt. The actual plant- 

 ing of trees from the seed for the 

 benefit of future generations, if it is 

 done to an extent sufficient to in- 

 sure a future supply of lumber, in 



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