ls, and fish live in the forests and
the forest streams. The time is coming when our forests will be
the greatest playgrounds of America. It is necessary that we
preserve, protect, and expand our timberlands. By so doing we
shall provide for the needs of future generations.

The forest is one of the most faithful friends of man. It
provides him with materials to build homes. It furnishes fuel. It
aids agriculture by preventing floods and storing the surplus
rainfall in the soil for the use of farm crops. It supplies the
foundation for all our railroads. It is the producer of fertile
soils. It gives employment to millions of workmen. It is a
resource which bountifully repays kind treatment. It is the best
organized feature of the plant world. The forest is not merely a
collection of different kinds of trees. It is a permanent asset
which will yield large returns over long periods when properly
managed.

Our forest fortune has been thoughtlessly squandered by
successive generations of spendthrifts. Fortunately, it is not
too late to rebuild it through cooeperative effort.

The work has been well begun, but it is a work of years, and it
is to the youth of the country that we must look for its
continuous expansion and perpetuation. A part of our effort must
be directed toward familiarizing them with the needs and rewards
of an intelligent forestry policy.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER
I. HOW TREES GROW AND MULTIPLY
II. THE FOREST FAMILIES
III. FORESTS AND FLOODS
IV. WILD LIFE OF THE FOREST
V. IMPORTANT FOREST TREES AND THEIR USES
VI. THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE FOREST--FIRE
VII. INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT DESTROY FORESTS
VIII. THE GROWTH OF THE FORESTRY IDEA
IX. OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
X. THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ALASKA
XI. PROGRESS IN STATE FORESTRY
XII. THE PLAYGROUNDS OF THE NATION
XIII. SOLVING OUR FORESTRY PROBLEMS
XIV. WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XV. WHY THE LUMBERMAN SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XVI. WHY THE FARMER SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY
XVII. PUTTING WOOD WASTE TO WORK
XVIII. WOOD FOR THE NATION

ILLUSTRATIONS

Forest Fire Guard Stationed in a Tree Top
Section of a Virgin Forest
The Sequoias of California
A Forest Ranger and His Forest Cabin
Pine Which Yields Turpentine and Timber
Forest Fires Destroy Millions of D