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THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER




[Illustration: A FOREST RANGER LOOKING FOR FIRE FROM A NATIONAL FOREST
LOOKOUT STATION _Page 32_]




  THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER




  BY

  GIFFORD PINCHOT




  WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS



  [Illustration]



  PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
  J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
  1914




  COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

  PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1914



  PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
  AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
  PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.




  To

  OVERTON W. PRICE
  FRIEND AND FELLOW WORKER

  TO WHOM IS DUE, MORE THAN TO ANY OTHER MAN, THE
  HIGH EFFICIENCY OF THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE




PREFACE


At one time or another, the largest question before every young man is,
"What shall I do with my life?" Among the possible openings, which best
suits his ambition, his tastes, and his capacities? Along what line
shall he undertake to make a successful career? The search for a life
work and the choice of one is surely as important business as can occupy
a boy verging into manhood. It is to help in the decision of those who
are considering forestry as a profession that this little book has been
written.

To the young man who is attracted to forestry and begins to consider it
as a possible profession, certain questions present themselves. What is
forestry? If he takes it up,