. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FORESTS FORESTS 317 tive management by farmers exists in Europe ; it has the same advantages as any trust organization, and maizes possible the conduct of forest-cropping in a business-like way under business conditions, and under direction of a competent manager. This would be impracticable for the individual owner. Distinction between field and forest crops.—While the farmer
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FORESTS FORESTS 317 tive management by farmers exists in Europe ; it has the same advantages as any trust organization, and maizes possible the conduct of forest-cropping in a business-like way under business conditions, and under direction of a competent manager. This would be impracticable for the individual owner. Distinction between field and forest crops.—While the farmer is the cultivator of the soil and has this general calling in common with the forester, and hence may properly learn to manage his forest crop, he must realize that the farm crop and the forest crop have, after all, not very much in com- mon, and he must appreciate the difference between the two, if he is to make a success of his woodlot management. We have seen that, from the business point of view, the long time of development and the absence of a definite maturity indicating harvest time make an essential difference between field crops and forest crops. When to cut the timber crop is a matter of judgment and calculation, based on measurement. There are in every vocation of life those who conduct their business indifferently by the " hit or miss" method, without measuring or figuring; but, even if farming could be conducted by such a method, for a mistake in one year can be corrected the next, it is most detrimental in forest- cropping. ]\Iistakes often show themselves here only after many years, and can be corrected only once in a lifetime. Much more deliberation is advisable, and measuring and figuring are indispensable, if business success is desired in forest management. Not less striking is the difference in the natural history of the two crops and, in consequence, of their "treatment. This dift'erence lies essentially in three directions: (1) the forest
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