THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



FOREST SCHOOLS 



Since the fii-st one was founded in 1898, 

 the number of forest schools in the United 

 States has increased so rapidly as to create 

 a demand for forest instructors which it has 

 been exceedingly difficult to fill. Indeed, 

 the increase in secondary forest schools, or 

 schools not of the first grade, has doubtless 

 been more rapid than the welfare of the pro- 

 fession or the sound practice of forestry re- 

 quired, and the brisk demand for teachers 

 has led some men to take up the task of in- 

 struction who were not well fitted for it. 



There are in this country to-day 23 forest 

 schools which prepare men for the practice 

 of forestry as a profession, and 51 schools 

 which devote themselves to general instruc- 

 tion in forestry or to courses for Forest 

 Rangers and Forest Guards. The approxi- 

 mate number of teachers in all forest schools 



114 



