THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



damage to the forest, and the legal status 

 of the damage and the remedy. 



Business principles are as necessary in 

 the management of forests as in the manage- 

 ment of mills or farms. These business 

 principles work out in different forms of 

 forest policy adapted to the needs of differ- 

 ent kinds of owners, such as lumbermen and 

 the Government. What the young Forester 

 has learned about growth and yield, about 

 timber estimates and forest statistics, and 

 many other matters, all finds its application 

 in forest management. He must also con- 

 sider the methods and principles for regulat- 

 ing the cut of timber, or for securing sus- 

 tained annual yields. All this forms the 

 basis for the preparation of working plans 

 for the utilization of forests under American 

 economic and silvicultural conditions, not 

 only without injury, but with benefit, to 

 their continued productiveness. 



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