Excerpt from The Problem of Forestry in Minnesota: Report to the State Forestry Board of Minnesota 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. 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.