Forest and tree culture in Wisconsin
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Blaisdell, J. J. (James Joshua), 1827-1896
Forest and tree culture in Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin: F.S. Horner, book and job printer, 1893
46 p. ; 23 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.FTCiW
Contents
[Half title] Forest and tree culture in Wisconsin
Constitution of the State Forestry Association
Officers [and executive committee of the State Forestry Association]
[Title page] Forest and tree culture in Wisconsin
[On the Forestry Association], Bechner, Paul; Putnam, C. H.; Hutchins, C. A. pp. [1]-[2]
Forest and tree culture in Wisconsin, pp. [3]-4
Relation of forests to public wealth, pp. 4-5
National forests in Wisconsin, pp. 5-7
Waste of the national forests, pp. 7-8
A valuable national forest reservation, pp. 9-10
National forest tillage, pp. 10-11
State forests in Wisconsin, p. 11
Extent and value of state forests, pp. 12-14
Wisconsin forest tillage, pp. 15-16
What was quite practicable, p. 16
Barbarous and civilized methods, p. 17
Shall we preserve our state forests in future?, p. 18
A trust for the public schools, pp. 18-19
Forest tillage nothing new, pp. 19-21
A reasonable department of public administration, pp. 21-22
An objection which vanishes with time, pp. 22-24
New forests within reach, pp. 24-25
Two alternatives, pp. 25-26
A tillage more profitable than agriculture, pp. 26-27
Abundant examples of successful forest tillage, pp. 27-28
Methods simple and well ascertained, p. 29
Still weighter reasons for preserving the public forests, pp. 29-31
Forests and the physical and mental life of a people, p. 31
Equilibrium of forces in the system of nature, pp. 31-32
Forests and the rainfall, p. 33
Forests and the permanency of springs and rivers, pp. 34-36
Forests and freshets, pp. 36-37
Laws inexorable, and results sure though processes slow, pp. 37-38
Testimony of geology, pp. 38-40
Inconsiderateness of early settlements, pp. 40-41
The higher ministry of forests to the intelligence and spirit of a people, pp. 41-42
A forest summer resort, pp. 42-44
The beauty and rich suggestiveness of trees in the landscape and around our homes, pp. 44-45
The new era of the continent makes new claims, pp. 46 ff.
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