. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 32 lem then is education, or the problem of indirect control, which seeks to reduce the number of fires. ^n effluent organization with proper eqmpmen and me hods. ThP third factor of the problem is that of adequate finances, and The third lactor ox f Without sufBcient funds, in- Sff^r'^u^rs^htrdSals TfrnishSfu^nds have the right attHud tote for sMhe funds needed will not be forthcoming. The fourth factor is that of cooperation. An individual owner of forest lands protects his property at high -te per u
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 32 lem then is education, or the problem of indirect control, which seeks to reduce the number of fires. ^n effluent organization with proper eqmpmen and me hods. ThP third factor of the problem is that of adequate finances, and The third lactor ox f Without sufBcient funds, in- Sff^r'^u^rs^htrdSals TfrnishSfu^nds have the right attHud tote for sMhe funds needed will not be forthcoming. The fourth factor is that of cooperation. An individual owner of forest lands protects his property at high -te per umt of area and £S ot ^tJS:ror 2 aXtSTeoS^ol the "nShborCd tecthisown^ Adjom g ^^ ^^^^ f^^est. The township, "fv and state SovrnmenJ^ should be interested also. Each party m« some retrn "or the expense incurred. Here again is the ?^i of education. But all these factors react upon each other, while to a certain extent they are independent. LESSON FIFTEEN THE COMMONWEALTH CARES FOR FORESTS Beginning with the founding of the Province of Pennsylvania ef- forts have been made almost continually to induce individual owners forts nave ^een u various reasons, these IrunUl vei^ ? c n tytave fald signally. In the course of time, however, bca^Te of the\-alue of forests to the Commonwea th in ad^ d^«on to their direct value to the owners who happen to hold title to Jheland and because of the failure of forest owners to accomplish satisfacLrprotection, the Pennsylvania government entered upon a pXy of land purchase. It is a well recognized fact that when indi- vSs cannot or will not do what is necessary for society, the Com- monwealth must take such measures as will provide for its own welfare. With its own land the Commonwealth recognizes that protection from fire is the first principal of sound forestry practice. But the cZmonwraHh owns only a little more than 1 000 000 acres of os land. Conditions in Pennsylvania are such today that this small pro port on of the forest a
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