Forestry and community development . Fiq. 1.—Poor Farm Land May be Good Forest Land. This area in Roscommon County, Mich., formerly covered with a good stand of pine, was clearcut and an attempt made to farm it. It was soon abandoned, however, and reverted to the Statefor taxes. It is in the heart of one of the State Forest Reserves and is now being used forforest production, for which it is preeminently I F-23I29A Fig. 2.—A Cut-Over Area, Stripped of Its Timber, Being Reforested by thePennsylvania Department of Forestry. Two fire lines are shown in the picture, one on each side of th
Forestry and community development . Fiq. 1.—Poor Farm Land May be Good Forest Land. This area in Roscommon County, Mich., formerly covered with a good stand of pine, was clearcut and an attempt made to farm it. It was soon abandoned, however, and reverted to the Statefor taxes. It is in the heart of one of the State Forest Reserves and is now being used forforest production, for which it is preeminently I F-23I29A Fig. 2.—A Cut-Over Area, Stripped of Its Timber, Being Reforested by thePennsylvania Department of Forestry. Two fire lines are shown in the picture, one on each side of the plantation. FORESTRY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 33 subsequent manufacture of such products. In England and Aus-tralia it is estimated that forests give ten times as much averageemployment as sheep farms of the same size, without taking intoaccount the population absorbed in attendant industries, which inmany cases is said to amount to treble this figure. The population supported by stable forest industries will also beof a higher type than the wandering, pioneer character of the lum-ber industry hitherto has made possible. Permanent homes and anormal family life, coupled with increased social and educational op-portunities, will develop the more civilized virtues without destroyingthe courage, vigor, alertness, and physical prowess that always havebeen characteristic of the typical woodsman. The stren
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