THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



offer to the headwaters of the streams, and 

 that without such protection none of these 

 uses can be expected long to endure. 



Of the two basic materials of our civiliza- 

 tion, iron and wood, the forest supplies one. 

 The dominant place of the forest in our 

 national economy is well illustrated by the 

 fact that no article whatsoever, whether of 

 use or ornament, whether it be for food, 

 shelter, clothing, convenience, protection, or 

 decoration, can be produced and delivered to 

 the user, as industry is now organized, with- 

 out the help of the forest in supplying wood. 

 An examination of the history of any article, 

 including the production of the raw material, 

 and its manuf actxire, transportation, and dis- 

 tribution, will at once make this point clear. 



The forest is a national necessity. With- 

 out the material, the protection, and the 

 assistance it supplies, no nation can long 

 succeed. Many regions of the old world, 



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