METHODS OF FOREST CONSERVATION 



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by cutting the largest trees so as to make room for the younger ones 

 to grow up. 



In 1925 it was estimated that we were using up our forest about 

 four times as fast as it was growing, so that we need much more 

 planting if we are to keep our forests at approximately their present 

 area. State forestry stations and the national government are 

 now reforesting cut areas, and many lumber companies have 

 begun to follow their example. Railroads annually are planting 

 thousands of young trees. Farmers have begun to realize that the 



U. S. Forest Service 

 A planting crew setting out seedlings in burned over forest land. 



high price of lumber makes a wood lot often more productive than 

 other areas of similar size on the farm. Forestry is becoming more 

 and more a practical business ; hundreds of young men are going 

 out from schools of forestry each year, prepared to help in this 

 work. 



Practical Exercise 3. What methods of eliminating waste are found in a 

 modern sawmill? (Look up in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.) 



Are there any individual examples of the conservation of forest or forest 

 supplies in your community? Be specific. 



Project. To make a tree survey. Select a convenient area of 

 your community and map it to scale. Houses, stores, churches, 



