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Page 18 - Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water, or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies. The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end of itself ; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
Page 67 - An Act to Repeal Timber Culture Laws, and for Other Purposes," approved March 3, 1891: Sec. 24. That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any state or territory having public lands bearing forests, any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.
Page 75 - The animal is the novice and probationer of a more advanced order. The men, though young, having tasted the first drop from the cup of thought, are already dissipated: the maples and ferns are still uncorrupt; yet no doubt, when they come to consciousness, they too will curse and swear.
Page vi - AMENDMENTS. The Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the...
Page v - OFFICERS The officers of the association shall be a president, vicepresident, secretary, treasurer, and three additional members who shall constitute the board.
Page 56 - The Department of Agriculture of the United States and John Doe, of Doeville, county of Bell, State of Pennsylvania, mutually agree together as follows: 1. The Department of Agriculture, in pursuance of investigations in forestry, and in order to disseminate a knowledge of improved ways of handling forest lands...
Page v - ... beautifying of our cities, the better care of cemeteries, the planting of trees in country homes for aesthetic purposes as well as for the supply of timber for commerce; the proper utilization of our remaining timber, and to assist in the inauguration of rational methods of forest management and thus help in the protection of our wild game and song birds; the creation of one or more State parks in the vicinity of our lakes and streams; to encourage State and national legislation for rational...
Page 57 - ... 5. The Department of Agriculture shall have the right to publish and distribute the said plan and its results for the information of farmers and others whom it may concern. C. This agreement may be dissolved by either party upon ten days
Page 81 - That within the State of Alabama all public lands, whether mineral or otherwise, shall be subject to disposal only as agricultural...
Page 56 - Place, and in the northwest portion of the same. 2. The said plan shall be prepared for the purpose of promoting and increasing the present value and usefulness of the said land to its owner, and to perpetuate and improve the forest upon it.