THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



brings together all that is known of the 

 nature and growth of trees in this country, 

 and to some extent in other countries also, 

 conducts independent studies of the greatest 

 value in developing better methods of secur- 

 ing the reproduction of important forest 

 trees, and computes the enormous nimiber of 

 forest measurements dealing with the stand 

 and the rate of growth of trees and forests 

 that are turned in by the parties engaged in 

 forest investigation in the field. Under the 

 Branch of Research, various studies in forest 

 distribution and in the structure of wood are 

 carried on, and it includes the Library of the 

 Forest Service, by far the most complete and 

 eflfective forest library in the United States. 

 The branch of Research on another side is 

 concerned with the whole question of the 

 uses of wood and other materials produced 

 by the forest. Its principal work is con- 



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