THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



In some States the waterpower question 

 falls within the sphere of the State Forester, 

 as well as other similar Conservation mat- 

 ters, while it has usually been made his duty 

 to assist private timberland owners in the 

 handling of their holdings, whether these 

 be the larger holdings of lumber companies 

 or the farmers' woodlots. In many States 

 the State Forester is made responsible for 

 the enforcement of the State forest fire laws, 

 and for the control and management of a 

 body of State fire wardens, who may or may 

 not be permanently employed in that work. 

 The enforcement of laws which exempt 

 timberlands or lands planted to timber from 

 taxation, or limit the taxation upon them, 

 are also usually under his supervision. 



The work of forestry in the various 

 States being on the whole much less ad- 

 vanced than it is in the Nation, the State 

 Forester must still occupy himself largely 



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