THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



ward, because the natural resource with 

 which he deals matures so slowly, and be- 

 cause, if steps are to be taken to insure for 

 succeeding generations a supply of the 

 things the forest yields, they must be taken 

 long in advance. The idea of using the 

 forest first for the greatest good of the 

 present generation, and then for the great- 

 est good of succeeding generations through 

 the long future of the nation and the race — 

 that is the Forester's point of view. 



The use of foresight to insure the exist- 

 ence of the forest in the future, and, so far 

 as practicable, the continued or increasing 

 abundance of its service to men, naturally 

 suggested the use of foresight in the same 

 way as to other natural resources as well. 

 Thus it was the Forester's point of view, 

 applied not only to the forest but to the 

 lands, the minerals, and the streams, which 

 produced the Conservation policy. The idea 



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