THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



Forest Economics: 



Forest Economics is a large subject. It 

 deals with the productive value of forests 

 to their owners, and with the larger question 

 of their place in the economy of the Nation. 

 It considers their use as conservers of the 

 soil and the streams ; their effect on climate, 

 locally, as in the case of windbrakes, and on 

 a larger scale; and their contribution to the 

 public welfare as recreation grounds and 

 game refuges. It includes a knowledge of 

 wastes from which the forests suffer, and the 

 consequent loss to industry and to the public, 

 and in this it does not omit the effects of 

 forest fires. Statistics of forest consump- 

 tion; the relation of the forest to railroads, 

 mines, and other wood-using industries; its 

 effect upon agriculture, stock raising, and 

 manufacturing industries; and its effect 

 upon the use of the streams for navigation, 

 power, irrigation, and domestic water sup- 



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