THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



Forester is to work out the conditions under 

 which a given body of timber can be cut with 

 safety to the forest, especially with safety to 

 its reproduction and future growth. The 

 principal study for a timber sale will usually 

 include an examination of the general 

 features and condition of the forest, and the 

 determination of the diameter down to which 

 it is advisable to cut the standing trees, a 

 diameter which must be fixed at such a size 

 as will protect the forest and make the 

 lumbering pay. It will include also an in- 

 vestigation, more or less thorough and com- 

 plete, as the conditions warrant, of the silvi- 

 cal habits of one or more of the species of 

 trees in that forest. The areas which form 

 natural units for the logging and trans- 

 portation of the timber must be worked out 

 and laid off, and careful estimates, or 

 measurements, of the amount of standing 

 timber and of its value on the stump must 



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