THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



the preparation of forest working plans, and 

 the knowledge of lumber and the lumber 

 markets. 



The Branch of Silviculture has charge also 

 of National cooperation for the advance- 

 ment of forestry with the several States, and 

 in particular for fire protection under the 

 Weeks law. This form of cooperation has 

 made the knowledge and equipment of the 

 Forest Service available for the study of 

 State forest resources and forest problems, 

 and much of the progress in forestry made 

 by the States is directly due to it. 



Under the Branch of Silviculture, the 

 Office of Forest Investigations brings to- 

 gether all that is known of the nature and 

 growth of trees in this country, and to some 

 extent in other countries also, conducts inde- 

 pendent studies of the greatest value in de- 

 veloping better methods of securing the 

 reproduction of important forest trees, and 



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