23. Find out from your county or State planning board the condition 

 and importance of the forests in the county or State. 



24. Compare a forest with a mine and with a farm. 



25- Find out how a farmer may secure State and Federal assistance in 

 protecting his forests from fire. 



26. Organize, in forest areas, groups to cooperate with forest rangers 

 in locating and reporting forest fires. Such groups may participate in 

 giving tourists fire-prevention information and assist in other ways in 

 controlling fire. 



27. Discuss the following from a poem by Henry Van Dyke: 



Many a tree is found in the wood, 



And every tree for its use is good; 



Some for the strength of the gnarled root, 



Some for the sweetness of flower and fruit; 



Some for a shelter against the storm, 



And some to keep the hearthstone warm, 



Some for the roof, and some for the beam, 



And some for the boat to breast the stream. 



In the wealth of the wood since the world began, 



The trees have offered their gifts to man. 



Questions for discussion. 



1. Are hardwoods or softwoods used more extensively for building 

 houses? For making furniture? Why? What other uses are there for 

 each of these two types of lumber? 



2. How are the conifers better adapted to colder, drier climates than 

 the broadleaf trees? Consider size, shape, and kind of leaf in respect to 

 evaporation of water and damage from snow. 



3. How may we know what kinds of trees to plant near our homes? 

 In a school or community forest? 



4. In what ways are food-distributing companies dependent upon the 

 forest? 



5. Why is less wood used for fuel in this country than in Europe? Why 

 are we likely not aware of the great value of wood used for fuel? 



6. In what way do forests help in supplying (a) water, (b) illumination, 

 (c) communication? 



7. Which do you think is the more important to railroads, the use of 

 wood in construction of cars and tracks or the revenue from carrying 

 forest products? Why? 



8. Why was chestnut one of the favorite woods for railroad ties and 

 why is it now seldom used? 



9. How do woodlands and windbreaks help the farmer? 



10. Is it true that every American industry depends upon the forest 

 because of its need for lumber? Give your reasons. 



11. What three reasons can you give to show why it is important for 

 paper-making industries to be located in forest regions? 



12. For what uses has wood been partly replaced and for what new 

 purposes is wood now used? 



13. How did the forest hinder and how did it help agriculture in this 

 country in pioneer days? Why is forestry now considered a form of 

 agriculture? 



14. Why does the United States export and also import wood? 



15- Why is the United States the greatest wood-using country in the 

 world? 



16. Why is the greatest trade and exchange in forest products between 

 Europe and North America? 



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