THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



only to see that the work is well done, but 

 to labor constantly for improvements in 

 methods as well as in results. Here centres 

 the preparation of forest working plans, and 

 the knowledge of lumber and the lumber 

 markets. 



The Branch of Silviculture has charge also 

 of National cooperation for the advance- 

 ment of forestry with the several States, and 

 in particular for fire protection under the 

 Weeks law. This form of cooperation has 

 made the knowledge and equipment of the 

 Forest Service available for the study of 

 State forest resources and forest problems, 

 and much of the progress in forestry made 

 by the States is directly due to it. 



The fourth branch, that of Grazing, super- 

 vises the use of the National Forests for 

 pasture. Over the greater part of the West, 

 this was the first use to which the forests 

 were put, and an idea of its magnitude may 



