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A FOREST POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA. 
development took steps to reserve what forests they possessed for the national 
good. The cult of forestry became slowly recognised, and the care of the forests 
became the charge of skilled men, whose duty it was to stand between the timber- 
man and the nation and apportion the timber crop in such a manner as to benefit 
the whole community for all time, and not only the present day converter of the 
wood. The forester laid down working plans for the management of the forests, 
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FELLING JARRAH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. et . 
Owing to Bush Fires and the Attacks of Boring Beetles it is often necessary to long butt these trees. 
and these were based on sound sylvicultural principles, and extended over long 
periods. The plans restricted the amount of timber that could be felled annually, 
and the amount permissible was, of course, the possibilité, or the quantity 
that the whole forest would grow in a year. The position of the felling section | 
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