THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



Forest Supervisors, practically all of whom 

 are men of long experience in forest work, 

 receive from $1600 to $2700 per annum. 

 Forest Assistants enter the Forest Service 

 through Civil Service examination at a 

 salary of $1200 per annum, and are pro- 

 moted to a maximum salary of $2500 per 

 annum, as Forest Examiners. Professional 

 Foresters at work in the District offices are 

 recruited mainly from among the Forest 

 Assistants and Examiners. They receive 

 from $1100 to $3200 yearly. The technical 

 men in charge at Washington get from 

 $1100 to $5000 per annum, which last is the 

 pay of the Forester, at the head of the 

 Sei*vice. 



STATE SERVICE 



The pay of the State Foresters, or other 

 trained Foresters in charge of State work, 

 ranges from $1800 to $4000, and that of 



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