20 MISC. PUBLICATION 2 4 9, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



A forest-products researcher inspecting paper sheets as they go through a machine to be 

 made into "papreg," a paper plastic developed at the Forest Products Laboratory, 

 Madison, Wis. 



are employed by the cooperatives in directing the operations of their mem- 

 bers and in marketing the timber produced. 



Compensation in private forestry depends largely upon the earning ca- 

 pacity of the individual. Ordinarily, foresters in private employ are paid 

 at a somewhat higher rate than public forest officers in the same grade 

 of work. Furthermore, where the forester works into a regular business, as, 

 for example, in the lumber business, his remuneration will depend not only 

 upon his technical attainments but his business capacity and value to the 

 company. 



