THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



identification of tree species and other forest 

 botanical work, is also under the immediate 

 supervision of the Forester, and the Chief 

 Lumberman reports directly to him. 



In addition to the work which falls imme- 

 diately under the eye of the Forester, and 

 which used to, but does not now, include the 

 legal work necessary to support and pro- 

 mote the operations of the Service, there are 

 six principal parts, or branches, in the work 

 of the Washington headquarters. 



The first branch, that of Operation, has 

 charge of the business administration both of 

 the National Forests and of the other work 

 of the Forest Service. Here the business 

 methods which are necessary to keep the 

 organization at a high state of efiiciency are 

 formulated, put in practice, and constantly 

 revised, for it is only by such revision that 

 they can be kept, as they are kept, at a 

 level with the very best practice of the best 



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