The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-05

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the inclination for this work, to at
tempt to become a forester.
In contemplating what we are to
agree with me that before the lure
of money, comes health and happiness
Fortunes are not made and lost in a
day in protecting our forests. AS
| one man put it: "You may say that
no forester ever died wealthy That
does not mean that it is a struggling
existence, however. Good salaries are
paid to competent foresters. 1t af-
fords comfortable living and above
all other inducements, it offers out
door recreation, health and happiness.
Second only to agriculture, our for
| cStS are our greatest natural rcSOur
ce. In adopting forestry as a profess
sion, therefore, the work Of protecting
of civil obligation as a means Of a
livelihood. A person must, as has
been said, "havc it in him."
Next, the technical side, requiring
a university education, must be ac-
quircd. A man surviving these first
| and fundamental ordcals has yet to
add experience to his list before he
| is Il qualified forester. The eXperien-
&c should last about three years,
| most of this time to be spent in the
forests, referred to as the "fcld."
You can readily see that adopting for
cstry as profession is, therefore,
quite a task. 1t would be useless for
a man, lacking the inclination for
this work, to attempt to become for
| ester.
In contemplating what we are to
derive from this life, l am sure you
| agree with me that before the lure
Of money, comes health and happiness
Fortunes are not made and lost in a
| day in protecting our forests. AS
one man put it: "You may say that
no forester ever died wealthy" That
does not mean that it is struggling
existence, however Good salaries
arc paid TO competent forcstcrs. 1t
affords comfortable living and
above all other Inducements, it offers
outdoor recreation, health and happi-
ness.
Second only to agriculture, our for
cStS are our greatest natural resource.
In adopting forestry as Il profession,
therefore, the work Of protecting our
forests carries with it as much Of a
lihood. a person must, as has been
said, "havc it in him."
Every spring hundreds of school
boys, still i'm their teens, apply for
Hdmittancc into the forestry service
for the summer months. in hiring
these boys it has been experienced
that it is only their childish ambitions
still existing, crying for something
big before they are ready for it.
Ninety per cent Of them view this life
as "Snap", but soon after these
mansizcd tasks are placed on their
youthful shoulders they realize their
folly and are content at home OF
course, one must allow for exceptions
to this rule. Frequently, boys are
found who "havc it in them" and
make good forcstcrs.
"Having it in him" means that he
has more or less Of an overdose of
love for the great outdoors; a love
for the wilderness and its solitary
companonShip. TO qualify as an out
door enthusiast he must also be a
sportsman and realize the value of
nature. He must be clear minded
enough to recognize that game, fish
and forestry laws were made for his
benefit and the benefit of future gen
'liIlbiiS. Ilc iluSJ also GcallIc lnaJ
1t is moral duty for him to apprc-
hcnd any violators of natures writ
ten and unwrittcn laws and if prose
| cution is not desired he should explain
the situation to the offender in the
right Etatc Conservation Commission,
Of New York, by which every sports
| man is asked to abide:
81 believe that God has lent us the
earth for our life. 1t is az great en-
tail. 1t belongs as much to those who
are to come after us as to us, and we
have no right, by anything we do or
neglect, to involve them in any un-
necessary penalties, or to deprive
| them Of the benefits which were in
our power to bcqucath.-Ruskin
II a man, using this creed as a stan
dard, can see that it is civil duty to
protect these gifts, rather than an
obligation he owes to his employers,
! think it is safe to say he "has it in
! him."
The technical side Of forestry, as
previously mentioned, is taught in the
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