THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



A multitude of questions which the Super- 

 visors can not answer are decided in the 

 District office instead, as was formerly the 

 case, of being forwarded to Washington for 

 disposal there, with the consequent aggrava- 

 ting and needless delay. The establishment 

 of the District offices has made the handling 

 of the National Forests far less complicated 

 and far more prompt, and has brought it far 

 closer than ever before to the actual users, 

 — that is, has made it far more quickly and 

 accurately responsive to their needs. 



PRIVATE FORESTRY 



As yet, the practice of forestry by private 

 owners, except for fire protection, has made 

 but little progress in the United States, al- 

 though without doubt it will be widely ex- 

 tended during the next ten or fifteen years. 

 The concentration of timberland ownership 



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