The San Francisco call., 1903-09-11
STANDING LUMBER.

The amount OF standing lumber west Of the
Mississippi is about l. coo, 900, 900, 600 feet. OF
this amount there IS In Ca1dorna ma & 80 o @
eco feet: in Washington, 10000, OOO,OoO Feet
and In Oregon 275. 600. 0oo. 600 feet, making a
There is always a demand for foresters TO
care for these large areas OF wooded lands
Not only this, but there exists a demand for
| foresters who may know how to replant de-
nuded lands and TO provide for the extension
of the forest where trees do not now grow
It is possible by such forestration to increase
the water supply, and where water is of such
value il is in this State undoubtedly the
work should be done.
Still another field Of activity is the Philip
pine Islands, where the Government owns
10000 coo acres Of timbered land. The Govern
the islands, but the demand so far exceeds the
supply that it is difficult thing to get men
/ TO 90. And since American foresters are de-
sired for the work, they must be trained.
Forestry is a profession for which highly
specialized training is required and the time
has now come when the trained forester will be
of the most The forestry problem the
Pacific Coast cannot be solved without trained
( foresters ana they must be Americans who can
deal with American problem in Ameri-
can way The need for foresters is perhaps
paramount 70 the need for forest protection and
that need can only be furnished by men trained
in a regularly established school that in my
opinion Should be esta blished somewhere on the
/ Pacific Coast and in California
Profession OF FORESTRY.
Mr.. Pinchot delivered an address in the
Students Observatory this afternoon on
THE Study Of Forestry as a Profession
for Young Men" In this lecture he di-
lated upon the more obvious aspects of
forestry a means of livelihood.
The value of forestry as a profession,
he said, depends on the opportunities
which it offers in a half dozen ways for
/ the forester to come into touch with the
nations greatest activities. In order to
/ be successful in forestry one must not
study it for itself alone, but in cohnec-
/ ton with other things. The student must
know law and commerce and history and
many of the facts affecting the com
/ mercial side of the case. Then, after
/ knowing all these things he must be con-
/ tent with a reasonable salary, which will
not be near as large an income as that
/ of a successful civil engineer or law
/ yer
The intending forester must have a pc
culiar temperament, sympathy with the
/ forest and tree. One of the first qualif-
! cations is observation and a facility for
/ diagnosing the case of the tree accurate
! ly. The forester must have thorough
4 knowledge of forestry measurements and
! every forest problem in mathematics. He
must know numbering, for numbering is
even more closely related to forestry than
! botany. The essential problem of it all
/ is the growing and harvesting of the
! crops, to know what timber is on the
ground how fast 1T is growing what are
| its uses, how it is logged.
! 1t is a profession that requires robust
health, for there is nothing more trying
| and intellectually wearing than forestry.
| There is some risk, too, which is to be
measured in proportion to the newness
! of the industry and the number of men
in it.