The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-17


young forester measures its glrth at
different heights, the thickness Of
the limbs worth saving, and notes
them in his book II tree Is
blown down, he can tell by examina-
ton how much is good and how
much is decayed. His surveying
instruments give him ground meas
urements, heights and grades, so that
after a cruise" he can map down
an acre or a hundred-acre stand
and tell you not only how many
board feet it contains, but the vari-
eties Of wood and what It is worth
at the market price.
The ranger at Biltmore learns the
business of the logger-cutting down
trees and hauling them from the
forest; also another important branch
OF the industry of the forest--that
of the mill worker for the boys
keep two sawmills whirring and
humming while they are in the Pis-
gah foothills All nave a taste of
actual service in the mills. They
become familiar with the handling
of logs on the deck and on the car
riage; they compare the actual OUT
put as designated by the various log
rules. and they grade the lumber as
it comes from the saw. BY actual
pratice, they know how the boards
are piled and how the piles are ar
ranged in the yard. They are re-
quired to show by charts and draw
ings how each machine in the mill |
works and its relation to other ma
chimes. When a mill is moved from
one point to another they aid in talk
ing down the machinery and I'm set
ting It up in its new position thus
gaining an intimate knowledge Of |
the mechanical operation of a mill.
Between five and ten miles of road
These roads are surveyed and laid
out by IT'S guardians. In this CON
nection they also acquire a knowl-
edge of bridgebullding The build
ing of tramroads and making OF log
chutes sometimes come within their
experience. They have frequent ex-
ercises in running compass lines in
establishing boundaries and in max
ing plane-table surveys.
For ten years American boys have
thus been studying IN the school Of
the wild. Already It has shown it's
value to the nation, for not a few Of
those who have left It are serving
the country in our great national
parks and other forest reserves
where the government is protecting
the woodland. Clifford Pinchot, the
present chief of the Forest service
spent two years amid the Appalach-
ians, but ably filing his place are
DR.. Carlos Schneck and DR.. Clifton
Howe, 10 whom the owner OF Bilt-
more has intrusped his woodland,
and who are at the head of his
unique colony OF active American &
boys in the Carolina overland.
The effect that such schools OF ma
ture will have upon the future of
or country, can only be hinted at,
the great necessity for {
lllOlt hllONlthSf slbOul OAl NbOhlshllh
the way by which we can {
make it n permanent benefit TO the '
nation In May, 1908, there gathered q
At the White House a group OF the I
most notable men VINO have ever j
assembled in Washington. They were @
allied together by President Roose- Y
welt merely to discuss the best meth
DDS of conserving" our national re-
sources. Governors OF States, au-
horities on farming, numbering, ir- y
rigatiOn, commerce and and other :
great public QestiOns, gave their :
opinions on how the nation IS liter
llly wasting its substances, and eX-
planned their plans for stopping
his national extravaganza. During
he conference It was admitted that
lne of our greatest needs was q
of forestry OF which the |
great masses OF the people are so
lensely ignorant. In fact, this was
me OF the chief subjects for dis II
'ussion, and was one OF the main [
reasons why President Roosevelt I
allied the congress. How he regard I
d the necessity OF woodcraft is best u
.hown by quoting his own words.
uttered as far back as rve years ago: \
"The forest problem Is lin many
Ways the most vital internal prob
EN- of the United States. The very Il
existence of lumbering-the fourth lp
great industry of the United States I,
depends on the success of our work as 4
/ nation in putting practical forest II
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