. Economics of forestry [microform] : a reference book for students of political economy and professional and law students of forestry. Forêts et sylviculture; Politique forestière; Forest policy; Forests and forestry. 94 ECONOMICS OF — up to that time living under a tolerably well developed forest policy — is now working to repair resulted from these times of forest dismemberment and forest destruction. Naturally voices agdnst this reckless procedure became louder and louder, as the effects of continued forest devastation and improper clearing became more and more visible, and, as
. Economics of forestry [microform] : a reference book for students of political economy and professional and law students of forestry. Forêts et sylviculture; Politique forestière; Forest policy; Forests and forestry. 94 ECONOMICS OF — up to that time living under a tolerably well developed forest policy — is now working to repair resulted from these times of forest dismemberment and forest destruction. Naturally voices agdnst this reckless procedure became louder and louder, as the effects of continued forest devastation and improper clearing became more and more visible, and, as the governments became stronger after the Napoleonic wars, reconstruction and return to con- servative policies were bound to follow. At the same time the technical part of forestry, the methods of forestry practice, had been gradually developed in an empiric way, and with the development of natural sciences were placed on a more stable basis and taught in special forestry schools and at universi- ties by :he end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. We can fairly well compare our pr'^sent movement in the United States on behalf of rational forest management with what was going on in Germany a hundred years ago. A fuller study into the history of this movement in the old countries, at which we have here glanced only briefly, would aid better than any academic discussions and arguments to a full understanding of both the economic and technical problems involved. In the pioneer days of a newly settled country, which is forest-covered like the eastern United States, man by necessity must remove a part of the forest growth for the purpose of ge'''-'ng ground for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923. New York : T. Y. Crowell
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