Author: Theodore S. Woolsey

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Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9781331898047

Excerpt from French Forests and Forestry: Tunisia, Algeria, Corsica, With a Translation of the Algerian Code of 1903 A knowledge of theoretical forestry is as indispensable to an American forest student as it is to the man of any other country who may adopt forestry as his profession. But to be useful such knowledge must be applied with judgment. The pure theory of forestry needs for its unfolding and embodiment conditions which are likewise theoretically perfect. The skill of the trained forester consists not in the mere application of a formula, but in modifying what is ideally correct into what is practically desirable. As in every other sphere of human endeavor, what is actually possible in the practice of forestry differs very widely from what ought to be possible, but is not. Successful practice, in the large, is never theoretically perfect, and this is most emphatically true in the lands where forestry is new. American foresters have very much to learn from the intensive methods of forest management and forest production on the Continent of Europe, and particularly in France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Here the fundamental principles of theoretical forestry may best be studied, and the best examples of their application to conditions on the ground are most readily examined. In his effort to ascertain how best to harmonize the search for perfection with the successful achievement of practical results, there is no guide so valuable to the forester as the experience of others under conditions which are at least partially similar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.