THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



phase of professional work in forestry, and 

 should give him a sound preparation not 

 merely for practical work in the woods, but 

 also for the broader work of forest organiza- 

 tion in the Govdrnment Service in the 

 United States and in the Philippines, and 

 in the service of the States; for handling 

 large tracts of private forest lands; for ex- 

 pert work in the employ of lumbermen and 

 other forest owners ; for public speaking and 

 writing; for teaching; and for scientific 

 research. 



Every well equipped forest school will 

 have a working library of books, pamphlets, 

 and lumber journals published here and 

 abroad, an herbarium at least of native trees 

 and shrubs and of the more important forest 

 herbs, together with a collection of forest 

 tree fruits and seeds, and specimens of do- 

 mestic and foreign timbers. Exhibits show- 

 ing the uses of woods and the various forms 



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