20 MISC. PUBLICATION 249, 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. 
