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 expenditure &? genuine well-being and healthy- 

 happiness. 

 Partial self-support * 



In some instances, forest reservations 

 may be so managed that they are partially self- 

 supporting, through the sale of fire wood meeting the 

 interest on long-time bonds issued for the financing 

 of acquisition and upkeep. European countries offer 

 us numerous examples of this sort. In France, 

 private forestry is largely carried on as a paying 

 proposition, woodlands beting highly regarded as 

 stable securities. There is actual current revenue 

 from firewood and other forest products and the 

 problem of accrued carrying charges scarcely exists. 



The case is similar with community forests 

 in France (Greeley 1920) 17 , for these "are important 

 sources of revenue for hundreds of French villages, 

 reducing taxes and affording the means for construct- 

 ing town halls, roads and other local improvements. 

 The situation in France would be paralleled if 

 every village in Hew England or in the lake States 

 owned 500 or 1000 acres of forest, kept continuously 

 in the highest state of production, furnishing 

 timber locally needed, affording a sustained income 

 for community purposes, and providing steady employ- 

 ment for a number of its citizens. 



