THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



ing areas is one of the most difficult problems 

 to adjust, because the demand is almost 

 always for much more range than is avail- 

 able and the division of what range there is 

 among the local owners of stock often pre- 

 sents serious difficulties, in which the 

 Ranger's local knowledge and advice is con- 

 stantly sought by his superior officer. 



There is a wise law, passed at the request 

 of the Forest Service, under which land in 

 the National Forests which is shown to be 

 agi'icultural may be entered under the home- 

 stead law, and used for the making of homes. 

 This law is peculiarly hard to carry out be- 

 cause the ceaseless efforts of land grabbers 

 to misuse it demand great vigilance on the 

 part of the Forest Officers. In many cases 

 it is the Ranger who makes the report upon 

 which the decision as to the agricultural or 

 non-agricultural character of the land is 

 based, although in other cases the examina- 



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