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for an economic reform. We have laid the foundations upon which it will be possible to build a 

 superstructure. 



Many things which were not possible, or would not have been timely to attempt before, can 

 now be done because circumstances have changed, people have become educated, their minds have 

 become receptive. Educated foresters, who were not at the command of the Division during the 

 past period, can now be found in sufficient numbers to carry on technical work, which was imprac- 

 ticable, nay impossible, before. 



While at first the Division of Forestry was the only educational element in the forestry move- 

 ment, it may now, perhaps, be left to other agencies to carry on a general propaganda and cam- 

 paign of enlightenment, and the Division can concentrate itself more upon the development of the 

 technical side of forestry. 



Finally, however, a Division of Foresty in a Government which has reserved millions of acres 

 of forest property must logically become the manager of that forest property, leaving the develop- 

 ment of technical detail to a minor branch or to other institutions. 



B. E. Fernow, LL. D., 

 Director and Dean, New YorJc State College of Forestry, and formerly 



Chief of Division of Forestry , U. JS. Department of Agriculture. 



