THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



Forest Service gave away without charge 

 more than 120 million board feet of saw tim- 

 ber, logs, fencing, fuel, and other material 

 to men and women who needed it for their 

 own use. Usually it is the Ranger's work 

 to issue the permits for this free use, and to 

 designate the timber that may be cut. For 

 this purpose, he must be well acquainted 

 with the kinds and the uses of the trees in 

 his District, and it is most important that he 

 should know something of how their repro- 

 duction can best be secured, in order that 

 the free use may be permitted without injury 

 to the future welfare of the forest. 



A Ranger oversees the use of his District 

 for the grazing of cattle, sheep, and other 

 domestic animals. He must acquaint him- 

 self with the brands and marks of the vari- 

 ous owners, and should be 'weU posted in the 

 essentials of the business of raising cattle, 

 sheep, and horses. The allotment of graz- 



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