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
| PAGE | |
| 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] |