Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-06-19
STATE HOUSE.
Practical Forestry for Names
Young Men.
Study Of This Important Subject is
Interesting.
Four Republican Legislative Candi
dates Added to List.

AS has been already stated in the
Journal, Il. 5. Hosmer, field assistant of
the United States bureau of forestry,
will have charge of the government
work OF examining into the condition
of Names forest supply. Chief Pores
ter oinchat has just assigned nine as
sistants to aid Mr.. Hosmer in his work.
The latter Will arrive in Maine on June
80, and his men will all be here before
the beginning of the following week;
and during July, August and September
these experts will go into the depths Of
the Maine woods. The results OF their
investigation will be reported to state
Forest Commissioner Ring and will be
published in his report in the fall.
THE question of the study of forestry
is receiving considerable attention
just now Said a practical lumber
man, a short time ago. 1t is a plainly
apparent fact that the young men Of
the present generation can find few
fields more interesting and profitable
than that OF practical forestry The
work is becoming more and more I'M
portant every year now and here, III our
own state, there IS an abundance OF
work for Il capable man who thorough
ly understands the theoretical and
practical part of forestry. The Dig
pulp mill companies have already COM
menced to send parties over their TIM
Der lands in the summer and progressive
wild land owners around here VIII be
doing the SAME thing themselves, in an
individual capacity before long.
In order for a man to be an expert
forester he must spend n number of
years in studying the subject There
are Il number of good forestry schools
here in America, those at Yale and at
Cornell. for instance. being as good as
any. At the close of the course here
the student should so to Germany,
where perhaps the science of forestry
is more thoroughly advanced than in
any other portion of the world, and re
main there for two or three years if
possible.
For the young man who is thus
equipped all sorts of lucrative positions
are opened. Scores and scores of pri-
vate numbering concerns are looking
for foresters, both for work here In
America and for work in Porto Rico,
Central and South America and the
Philippines. There are many kinds of
extremely valuable wood growing in
these countries and expert knowledge
of Il forester as to its market value and
other points, can hardly be done away
with.
Another attractive field which
course in forestry opens up to a young
man is the work of the bureau of for
estry connected with the Department
of agriculture. Field assistants, as
they are called, are sent out, with par
ties of men, through various states in
the union during the summer months.
They make careful surveys of the tim
Der, its growth and general tendencies,
besides doing much practical work. In
the winter they work up the result of
their summers figuring. 1t is needless
to say that in many instances the re-
suits are extremely valuable. In the
end this sort of work Will be certain to
repay the men who own the timberland,
as "A matter of dollars and cents.
Had il not been for forestry France,
Germany and portions of number of
other European countries would nave
already been dcnuded Of their timber
| In many places in Europe each tree,
| almost, is carefully guarded and one IS
never cut until it has reached just the
right condition. The underbrush is all
taken care of and the forests are pre-
| served in a most careful manner.
| NO one who understands the condi-
| tion here can fail to observe that the
| American forests, huge though they
| are nevertheless, are commencing to
| RAPIDLY disappear beneath the wood
mans axe and the gaping cookers OF
the pulp mills 1t is simply q question
Of time before our native forests must
be taken off as thoroughly as those OF
II Europe. Unless some such precau-
/ tions are taken they are certain to dis
appear
|. The following Republican Legislative