THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



seed, or on how the existing young growth 

 is protected and preserved in felling and 

 swamping the trees which have been marked 

 for cutting, and in skidding the logs. The 

 disposal of the slash must be looked after, 

 for it has much to do with forest reproduc- 

 tion, and with promoting safety from fire. 

 Then, the scaling of the logs determines the 

 amount of the payment the Government re- 

 ceives for its timber, and there are often 

 regulations governing the transportation of 

 the scaled logs whose enforcement is of great 

 consequence to the future forest. 



Nearly all of these duties the Ranger may 

 perform in certain cases without supervision, 

 if his judgment and training are sufficient, 

 but the marking especially is often done 

 under the eye or in accordance with the 

 directions of the technical Forester, whose 

 duty it is to see that the future of the forest is 

 protected by enforcing the conditions of sale. 

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