THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



or Supervisor — combining in himself the 

 qualities and the knowledge required to fill 

 any or all of the other positions. The pro- 

 fessionally trained man who develops 

 marked executive ability is likely to become 

 a Supervisor, just as a Ranger, with the 

 necessary training and experience, who may 

 wish to devote himself to silvical investiga- 

 tions may be transferred to that work. The 

 point is that each man has individual oppor- 

 tunity to establish and occupy the place for 

 which he is best fitted. 



The success of the technical Forester, like 

 that of the Ranger, and indeed of nearly 

 every Government Forest Officer, in what- 

 ever position or line of work, will very fre- 

 quently depend on his good judgment and 

 practical sense, the chief ingredient of which 

 will always be his knowledge of local needs 

 and conditions, and his sympathetic under- 

 standing of the local point of view. This 



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