THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



tions to determine whether the land is really 

 agricultural in character are made by Ex- 

 aminers especially trained for this duty. 

 Serious controversies into which politics 

 enter are often caused by the efforts of 

 speculators and others, under pretext of this 

 law, to get possession of lands chiefly valu- 

 able for their timber. 



The building and maintenance of trails, 

 telephone lines, roads, bridges, and fences 

 in his District is under the charge of the 

 Ranger, and in many cases Rangers and 

 Forest Guards are appointed by the State 

 as Wardens to see to it that the game and 

 fish laws are properly enforced. 



Next to the protection of his District from 

 fire, the most important duty of the Ranger 

 has to do with the sale of timber and the 

 marking of the individual trees which are 

 to be cut. The reproduction of the forest 

 depends directly on what trees are kept for 



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