he
fitted for it in character, mind, and body? If so, what training does he
need? These questions deserve an answer.

To the men whom it really suits, forestry offers a career more
attractive, it may be said in all fairness, than any other career
whatsoever. I doubt if any other profession can show a membership so
uniformly and enthusiastically in love with the work. The men who have
taken it up, practised it, and left it for other work are few. But to
the man not fully adapted for it, forestry must be punishment, pure and
simple. Those who have begun the study of forestry, and then have
learned that it was not for them, have doubtless been more in number
than those who have followed it through.

I urge no man to make forestry his profession, but rather to keep away
from it if he can. In forestry a man is either altogether at home or
very much out of place. Unless he has a compelling love for the
Forester's life and the Forester's work, let him keep out of it.

G. P.

CONTENTS

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WHAT IS A FOREST? 13

THE FORESTER'S KNOWLEDGE 18

THE FOREST AND THE NATION 19

THE FORESTER'S POINT OF VIEW 23

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORESTRY 27

THE WORK OF A FORESTER 30

THE FOREST SERVICE 30

THE FOREST SUPERVISOR 46

THE TRAINED FORESTER 50

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT 63

STATE FOREST WORK 84

THE FOREST SERVICE IN WASHINGTON 89

PRIVATE FORESTRY 106

FOREST SCHOOLS 114

THE OPPORTUNITY 116

TRAINING 123

ILLUSTRATIONS

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A FOREST RANGER LOOKING FOR FIRE FROM A NATIONAL
FOREST LOOKOUT STATION _Frontispiece_

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