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ally if conservatively manufactured. The Western forests 

 are generally or mostly on land not required for agricul- 

 tural purposes and which is more valuable for timber and 

 timber culture than for agricultural purposes. The devis- 

 ing and placing in operation a comprehensive and efficient 

 policy for consei-vation and reforesting that" vi^ill accom- 

 plish the purpose of providing for the great needs of the 

 future may meet with so much opposition and discourage- 

 ment as to delay or prevent the working out of these 

 problems to such an extent that the movement will be to 

 only a very limited extent successful. If so, the future will 

 show such a necessity for practical, efficient methods that 

 all minor objections will be laid aside and' effectual meas- 

 ures will be entered upon, though success will be more diffi- 

 cult than if done without delay. 



