SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Vor. 2.] FEBRUARY, 1920. [No. 2. 
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Our Forest Products. 
ERE are so many directions in which production can be 
stimulated along sound and enduring lines in Australia 
that apparently the country stands bewildered and_ helpless 
as it surveys the field. But a beginning has to be made some- 
where and at some time. A number of strong reasons exist 
why, as an initial step, serious consideration should be ° given 
to the commercial exploitation upon a scientific basis of our forest 
wealth. Several of the States, although late in the day, have come to 
realize the vital necessity of a forest policy. The saving of the 
remnants of our magnificent timbered areas could no longer. be safely 
left to posterity. Present needs compelled the careful husbanding of 
diminighed resources, and some provision for the near future. -Hand- 
in-hand with the prudent management of the forests should go the 
economic utilization of the products of those forests. On all sides 
there is talk of “ Key” industries, “ The development of the country’s 
natural resources,” and “ Post-war reconstruction.” All these pur- 
poses can be helped by backing up State endeavour and determining the 
best uses.to which the flora of Australia can be most appropriately 
put. 
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