THE POEESTEB AND HIS WOEK 



'Have you ever thought what it would mean to 

 live far away in the heart of the still, deep 

 woods, with the birds and beasts for your neigh- 

 bors, and the soft fragrance of the forest all 

 about you? To know not only the trees and the 

 story of their joys and successes, their troubles 

 and failures, but the whole intimate history of 

 the plants that grow upon the forest floor — the 

 shrubs and little tender woodland herbs, the 

 mosses and lichens, the root parasites, and the 

 humus plants ? To know, also, the soil and con- 

 ditions best suited to the private needs of each 

 individual tree neighbor, and their enemies and 

 how to control them? AH these are part of the 

 Ijfe and work of the forester. 



There are as many sides to the subject of for- 

 estry as there are to that of agriculture. In- 

 deed, forestry has so many possibilities and ave- 

 nues of interest that hardly any one has. the 

 same idea of just what it really is. For in- 

 stance; suppose you ask the hunter and sports- 

 man. His mind will immediately turn to big 



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