THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



" Take time to get rich." His idea of get- 

 ting rich is to fill his mind and spirit full with 

 observations of the nature he so deeply loves 

 and so well understands ; so that in his mind 

 it is not money which makes riches, but life 

 in the open and the seeing eye. 



Next to those basic traits of personal char- 

 acter, without which no man is worth his salt, 

 the Forester's most important quality is the 

 power of observation, the power to note and 

 understand, or seek to understand, what he 

 sees in the forest. It is just as essential a 

 part of the Forester's equipment to be able 

 to see what is wrong with a piece of forest, 

 and what is required for its improvement, 

 as it is necessary for a physician to be able 

 to diagnose a disease and to prescribe the 

 remedy. 



Silvics, which may be said to be the 

 knowledge of how trees behave in health and 

 disease toward each other, and toward light, 



