PREFACE 



of our country. The principles of European 

 forestry will naturally undergo many modifi- 

 cations in their new environment, and the 

 vastness of our forest areas, as well as the 

 long life that naturally belongs to trees, will 

 impose a very gradual progress. Neverthe- 

 less, the movement for a rational use of our 

 forests is rapidly advancing and is certain 

 in time to find a very wide application. 



Although the aims of forestry are utili- 

 tarian and not artistic, the technical char- 

 acter of the operations which it involves im- 

 presses upon natural forest scenery a changed 

 aspect. Eventually the work performed upon 

 our forests will be manifested in a new outward 

 appearance, a change that cannot but be pref- 

 erable to the scenes ordinarily presented by 

 our cut-over and abandoned timberlands, and 

 one that will be appreciated not only by forest 

 lovers in general, but also by those who are en- 

 gaged in the lumber industry itself, who are 

 often forced through competition and prevail- 

 ing methods to leave a desolate picture behind, 

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