What Forests Give

FOREWORD

Forests the world over are today being treated by wise nations not only as important sources of building materials but as great storehouses from which can be derived through the magic of modern chemistry a wide variety of products valuable for man's use. These now include benzine, gasoline, acetone, alcohols, turpentine, cellulose, and sugars, and the chemists are finding other new products not hitherto known to exist in wood.

The great fact is that this resource can be a perpetual source of wealth because it grows and can be cropped instead of mined.

Forests are more than just a source of wealth they are the conservators of soil and water without which there can be no permanent foundation for a growing civilization.

Recreation finds its greatest outlet in the forest areas and the variety of interests they afford.

To the boys and girls of the coming generations, these two small illustrated volumes are dedicated, because the future forests are your forests, and how you treat them will determine what they will and can do for you.

F. A. SILCOX,
Chief, Forest Service.

What Is a Forest?