THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



France, Switzerland, and other countries 

 could have been obtained in abundant 

 numbers and at reasonable salaries. They 

 were not invited to come because, however 

 well trained in technical forestry, they could 

 not have understood the habits of thought of 

 our people. Therefore, in too many cases, 

 they would have failed to establish the kind 

 of practical understanding which a Forester 

 must have with the men who use, or work in, 

 his forest, if he is to succeed. It was wiser 

 to wait imtil Americans could be trained, for 

 the practising Forester must handle men as 

 well as trees. 



One of the most difficult things to do in 

 any profession which involves drudgery 

 (and I take it that no profession which does 

 not involve drudgery is worth the attention 

 of a man) is to look beyond the daily routine 

 to the things which that routine is intended 

 to assist in accomplishing. This is pecul- 



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