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 should be completed before the breeding season begins. 



The remaining area in the forest should be given over to 

 rational utilization for timber and should be placed under a 

 plan of management drawn up by the trained foresters in the 

 State employ. It should be the policy of the State, primar- 

 ily, to provide for the future supply of those products which, 

 for one reason or another, the private owner is unable to sup- 

 ply. 



It should be remembered that the greater part of our pre- 

 sent supply of timber is coming from the last of the virgin 

 forests, which required several hundred years to grow, and that 

 when that supply is gone there will be nothing left but second 

 growth, often of inferior quality. Since the private owner is 

 financially unable to produce the high grade timber required by 

 certain industries, because of the necessarily long rotation 

 which involves retaining considerable capital at a low interest 

 rate for long periods, it becomes the duty of the State to provide 

 for this supply for future needs. 



The amount of area required for this special use must be 

 determined by an estimation of future needs a century in advance. 

 Management for this use should follow the method of reserving 

 certain desirable species and individual trees to be favored and 

 left to grow until fully mature. Many of them may be grown on 

 certain areas reserved primarily for recreational use since these 

 older big trees would add materially to the scenic value and in- 

 terest of such areas and would thus serve a double purpose. 



Areas in the forest which are not suited for the above men- 



