and W. B. Merriam, of the
school, acting secretary.
Discuss Soil Uses.
Soil use and management with
pendent on maintenance of
productive condition," he stated.
Ranger Needs Biology.
got to substitute
In ■
regards to maintenance of produc- ehemistry "and biology for "hunt-
tiVity, presenting the entire^prob ., . trapping and fishing" if you
* r"~ want to be a forest ranger today,
say the experts. Both of these highly technical subjects are absolute-
i_ ly essential to a rounded education
the Inland Empire, was discussed at the soil con-
"There are three stages in development of an agricultural
nity—exploration, exploitation and
evaluation, the latter which consists of taking inventory and plan-
°. ',, ,,-,,", ^ It *vi" ' - '"'"ii, :''"': '" i<tii.:>iLy
porting agriculture," declared J. H. at the University of Idaho, and Ar-
the modern forester goes.
Included on the program of the
afternoon session of the forestry
section were addresses by Dr. Ed-
C. Jahn, professor of forestry
Christ, soil coordinator from Mos- thur s Einarsen, associate biolo-
. who opened the meeting.
Of the cultivated land in the
United States, Mr. Christ asserted,
one-fourth has been totally destroyed, and one-half has been
damaged, by soil
"The problem of e
gist of the United States biological
survey from Corvallis, Ore.
Dr. Jahn, speaking on "Chemistry as a Science in the Education of a Forester," stated that the
problems with which foresters deal
vital," he said, "but the
portant problem deals with rela
of man to the land. We need
operation of the people to main
an effective program."
Two Ways to Foil Erosion.
H. W. Wanser of Spokane,
scientist of the soil conservation
control today are jn the final anaiySis
largely based on chemistry and
physics. A general knowledge of
chemistry is essential to the forester, he said, in order for him to
understand the growth and other
physiological processes of trees, the
effect of the chemistry of the soil
. , ^ °n thf character of the forest, the
two meth- stimulation of growth by chemicals,
the control of tree diseases, and
id there
ods of soil erosion control; namely, ,,
keep the land covered with vegeta- the P™0.ess<ls> Problems and
tion and keep tillage operations to Possibilities for the chemical „..,„-
a minimum. zatlon of forest Products.
He dealt at length with the In- Need More Than Education.
land Empire wheat country, which Einarsen in treating his subject,
produces m u h Ice the stressed the fact that an educa:
per capita production of other parts tion by no means makes a man
«eT-,na tSa ■ •, capable of working nature, buti
Soil consoi itaj on on]y tends to make him more un-l
irrigated as nonimgated land, de- derstanding of her capacities.
dared Mark R. Culp, imgationist ..wnd life management and the!
roni * ,i| s!-- - _ _..
■ required P
'or a better coordi
;hed treatment, vv
rrigation supplies
Tom Lommasson, range
of the forest service at Missoula,
told the need of a balanced stock-
conservation of the supplemental
'^ resources of the forest, with recre-
ar~ ation as a high secondary consid-
gives us new trends that
are valuable additions to the olu
narrow usage plan," he said. "With
,the new conception of multiple use
of the forest the forester should]
■tainly have a biological *•*-—
ing of the range over a period 01 int if management of such
leading toward prevention of multiple use forests is to be —
"jorderly procedure."
" In summing up Einarsen stated,
with the biological viewpoint and
overgrazing and prevention of
sequent damage to the productivity
and eventual soil losses. ., ,.
Better management of forest nature itself as the guiding inlands, which, he said, need special fluencej the forester will have an
consideration to keep up their pro- unparaiieled opportunity to bring
ductive state, was stressed by Ken- about a pr0gram of management
neth P. Davis, associate silvicul-
turist, Missoula. ,>,,,,,, -. .
"The invasion of submarginal multiple use of the forest and will
lands by immigrants from the dust- redound not oniy to the material
both on public and private holdings
which will result i
