THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



be gathered from the fact that every year 

 the National Forests supply feed for nearly 

 two milhon cattle and horses, and more than 

 fourteen million sheep. It is no easy task to 

 permit all this live stock to utilize the forage 

 which the National Forests produce, and yet 

 do little or no harm to the yoimg growth on 

 which the future of the forests depends. To 

 exclude the grazing animals altogether is im- 

 possible and undesirable, for to do so would 

 ruin the leading industry in many portions 

 of the West. Consequently, many of the 

 most difficult and perplexing questions in the 

 practical administration of the National For- 

 ests have occurred in the work of the Branch 

 of Grazing, and have there been solved, and 

 many of the most bitter attacks upon it have 

 there been met. 



The fifth Branch is that of Research. As 

 a part of its nimierous and varied duties it 



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