OUR FORESTS Dib 
The forester endeavors not merely to grow repeated crops of tim- 
ber on the land; he endeavors to grow the greatest possible amount 
of timber of the most valuable kinds. He also studies how to harvest 
the timber to the best advantage. He is careful in harvesting to 
A—189103, B—F—18665 
FicuRE 16.—Good forestry practice conserves the forests. 
A. Good forestry practice on a national-forest timber sale. Only mature trees 
have been cut, young trees having been left to form the basis for future 
cuttings and to insure reproduction. Brush and slash are piled for disposal. 
B. No forestry practiced here. Land cut over and burned. Unless this land 
is artificially reforested, it will probably revert to worthless brush, 
