THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



in the United States has put a few men in 

 control of vast areas of forest. Many of 

 them are anxious to prevent forest destruc- 

 tion, so far as that may be practicable with- 

 out interfering with their profits, and for 

 that purpose Foresters are beginning to be 

 employed. Until now the principal tasks 

 of Foresters employed by lumbermen have 

 been the measurement of the amount of 

 lumber in the standing crop of trees, and the 

 protection of forest lands from fire. Here 

 and there the practice of a certain amount 

 of forestry has been added, but this part of 

 the work of the private Forester employed 

 by lumbermen has not been important. It 

 is likely, however, to increase with some 

 rapidity before long. In the meantime, the 

 private Forester must usually be willing to 

 accept a good many limitations on the techni- 

 cal side of his work. 



It is essential for the Forester thus em- 



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