ment of these lands not only because we must look to 

 them for the bulk of our timber supplies but also because 

 they represent nearly two-thirds of the forest area where 

 watershed protection problems are most critical, and 

 are important to national welfare in many other ways. 



10, How are our private forest lands being 

 handled? 



In every region a growing number of forest owners 

 are using good forest practice. They protect and 

 harvest their timber with an eye to future crops, thus 

 demonstrating that such methods are practicable. But 

 according to an estimate made in 1938, 80 percent of 

 all cutting on private land is still done without 

 conscious regard to future crops. 



This is partly due to lack of knowledge, partly to 

 economic pressures, and partly to indifference ; but re- 



FOREST-SUPPORTED COMMUNITY. Good forestry by the 

 lumber company which is the main support of this town con- 

 tributes to permanent homes. 



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