The Problem of Forestry in Minnesota: Report to the State Forestry Board of Minnesota (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

C. A. Schenck

 
9781334624445: The Problem of Forestry in Minnesota: Report to the State Forestry Board of Minnesota (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Problem of Forestry in Minnesota<br/><br/>The possibilities for economic use of soil are threefold. Soil may be devoted to the production Of field crops (agriculture), or to the production of animal matter (pasture), or finally to the produc tion of wood crops (forestry). In America, only agriculture and pasture are considered as soil industries. Land unfit for either of the two is thrown away. Forestry as a remunerative use of national soil is entirely disregarded. In the case Of private individuals, ignorance relative to the economic value of forestry can be easily excused. Government itself, be it of democratic, republican or populistic strain, sets the example in. Dealing carelessly with the forestry problem.

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