CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. HOW TREES GROW AND MULTIPLY

CHAPTER II. THE FOREST FAMILIES

CHAPTER III. FORESTS AND FLOODS

CHAPTER IV. WILD LIFE OF THE FOREST

CHAPTER V. IMPORTANT FOREST TREES AND THEIR USES

CHAPTER VI. THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE FOREST—FIRE

CHAPTER VII. INSECTS AND DISEASES THAT DESTROY FORESTS

CHAPTER VIII. THE GROWTH OF THE FORESTRY IDEA

CHAPTER IX. OUR NATIONAL FORESTS

CHAPTER X. THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ALASKA

CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS IN STATE FORESTRY

CHAPTER XII. THE PLAYGROUNDS OF THE NATION

CHAPTER XIII. SOLVING OUR FORESTRY PROBLEMS

CHAPTER XIV. WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY

CHAPTER XV. WHY THE LUMBERMAN SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY

CHAPTER XVI. WHY THE FARMER SHOULD PRACTICE FORESTRY

CHAPTER XVII. PUTTING WOOD WASTE TO WORK

CHAPTER XVIII. WOOD FOR THE NATION

ILLUSTRATIONS

Transcriber's note: This list has been re-ordered to match the order the illustrations appeared in the book. "Section of a Virgin Forest" had been listed as the second illustration.

Forest Fire Guard Stationed in a Tree Top

The Sequoias of California

A Forest Ranger and His Forest Cabin

Pine Which Yields Turpentine and Timber

Forest Fires Destroy Millions of Dollars Worth of Timber Every Year

Blackened Ruins of a Fire Swept Forest

Section of a Virgin Forest

Forest Management Provides for Cutting Mature Trees

Seed Beds in a Forest Nursery

Sowing Forest Seed in an Effort to Grow a New Forest

A Camping Ground in a National Forest

Good Forests Mean Good Hunting and Fishing

Young White Pine Seeded from Adjoining Pine Trees

What Some Kinds of Timber Cutting Do to a Forest

On Poor Soil Trees Are More Profitable Than Farm Crops

A Forest Crop on its Way to the Market


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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