A PRIMER OF FORESTRY PART I—THE FOREST PART II—PRACTICAL FORESTRY

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Letter of Transmittal

CHAPTER 1.—THE LIFE OF A TREE

The parts of a tree
The food of a tree
The composition of wood
How the tree breathes
Transpiration
The growth of a tree
The structure of wood
Annual rings
Heartwood and sapwood

CHAPTER II.—TREES IN THE FOREST

The various requirements of trees
Requirements of trees for heat and moisture
Requirements of trees for light
Tolerance and intolerance
The rate of growth
The reproductive power of trees
The succession of forest trees
Pure and mixed forest
Reproduction by sprouts

CHAPTER III.—THE LIFE OF A FOREST

A community of trees
The life of a forest crop
The seven ages of a tree
How the crop begins
The forest cover established
The beginning of the struggle
Growth in height
The struggle continued
Natural pruning
The culmination of growth
The end of the struggle
Death from weakness and decay
Destructive lumbering
Conservative lumbering

CHAPTER IV.—ENEMIES OF THE FOREST

Man and nature in the forest
Grazing in the forest
Grazing and fire
Trampling
Browsing
Forest insects
Forest fungi
Wind in the forest
Snow in the forest
Forest fires
Historic forest fires
Means of defense
Surface fires
Ground fires
Back-firing
Fire lines

Letter of Transmittal

CHAPTER I. THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY

The service of the forest
The uses of the forest
Four requirements for the best service
The yield of a forest
Silvicultural systems
     Simple coppice
     Stored coppice
     Seed or high forest
     Regular seed forest
     Two-storied seed forest
     Selection forest
     Localized selection
     The group system
     The strip system
     Improvement cuttings

CHAPTER II. WORK IN THE WOODS

Conservative lumbering
     Conservative lumbering and ordinary lumbering
     Felling the trees
     Swamping and sawing
     Skidding
     Transportation
     At the mills
     Waste in lumbering
Planting

CHAPTER III. THE WEATHER AND THE STREAMS

Forests and climate
Effect of forest cover on temperature
Extremes of heat and cold
Moisture in forest air
Evaporation
Rainfall
Fallen rain

CHAPTER IV. FORESTRY ABROAD AND AT HOME

Forestry abroad
     The forest in early times
     Modern forestry
          Germany
          France
          Switzerland
          British India
Forestry at home
     The settler and the forest
     First steps in forestry
     The public domain
     Federal forest reserves
     State forestry