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Practical Forestry: For Beginners in Forestry, Agricultural Students, Woodland Owners, and Others Desiring a General Knowledge of the Nature of the Art
Excerpt from Practical For Beginners in Forestry, Agricultural Students, Woodland Owners, and Others Desiring a General Knowledge of the Nature of the Art
Forestry is both misunderstood and underrated in this country. When these misconceptions are dis pelled the American people will handle the subject with true American spirit. The main point, which is not generally understood - in fact the pivot on which the whole subject rotates - is that we fail to rate the forest as a living perpetual resource. Coal, copper, and other resources become in time exhausted, but the forest if properly treated will yield an ih come forever. It will supply labor and feed other industries for all time if the rules of silviculture are rigidly practised. In agriculture, fertilizers must be used to replace what the plant removes; in forestry, the soil actually improves and yields ever-increasing returns until the maximum is reached, when under good management it remains the same for all time, ever yielding a crop of useful materials.
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Forestry is both misunderstood and underrated in this country. When these misconceptions are dis pelled the American people will handle the subject with true American spirit. The main point, which is not generally understood - in fact the pivot on which the whole subject rotates - is that we fail to rate the forest as a living perpetual resource. Coal, copper, and other resources become in time exhausted, but the forest if properly treated will yield an ih come forever. It will supply labor and feed other industries for all time if the rules of silviculture are rigidly practised. In agriculture, fertilizers must be used to replace what the plant removes; in forestry, the soil actually improves and yields ever-increasing returns until the maximum is reached, when under good management it remains the same for all time, ever yielding a crop of useful materials.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
323 pages, Paperback
Published June 26, 2017
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