THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



The principles and methods of timber esti- 

 mating, the actual measurement of standing 

 timber, log rules, the making of stem 

 analyses to show the increase of a tree in 

 diameter, height, and volume, the construc- 

 tion of tables of current and mean annual 

 growth per acre and per tree, and the 

 methods of using the information thus 

 formulated, — all these are necessarily of 

 keen interest to the man who later on will 

 have to apply his knowledge in the practical 

 management of woods. 



Forest Management: 



Forest management is concerned with the 

 principles involved in planning the handling 

 of forests. Questions of the valuation of 

 forests form a most essential part of it, — 

 such questions as the cost of growing timber 

 crops, the value of land for that purpose, 

 the value of young timber, the valuation of 



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