The most valuable citizen of this or any other country is the man who owns the land from which he makes his living. No other man has such a stake in the country. No other man lends such steadiness and stability to our national life. Therefore no other question concerns us more intimately than the question of homes. Permanent homes for ourselves, our children, and our Nation--this is a central problem. The policy of national irrigation is of value to the United States in very many ways, but the greatest of all is this, that national irrigation multiplies the men who own the land from which...

liT raumer, die handeln" Warum sollte irgendjemand sich dafiir entscheiden, Intrapreneur zu werden, wenn er genauso gut Entrepreneur werden konnte? Diese Frage stellte ich mir zum ersten Mal im Jahr 1978 bei einem Seminar in Bob Schwartz' School for Entrepreneure in Tarrytown, New York. Von den vier groBen Moglichkeiten fiir Entrepreneure, die Bob erwahnte, erschien mir eine als Widerspruch in sich selbst und erregte meine besondere Aufmerksamkeit. Bob zitierte seinen Freund Norman Macrae, der 1976 im Londoner Economist geschrieben hatte: "Erjolgreiche Grofiunternehmen sollten sich zu,...

First, What is forestry? Forestry is the knowledge of the forest. In particular, it is the art of handling the forest so that it will render whatever service is required of it without being impoverished or destroyed. For example, a forest may be handled so as to produce saw logs, telegraph poles, barrel hoops, firewood, tan bark, or turpentine.

The most prosperous nation of to-day is the United States. Our unexampled wealth and well-being are directly due to the superb natural resources of our country, and to the use which has been made of them by our citizens, both in the present and in the past. We are prosperous because our forefathers bequeathed to us a land of marvellous resources still unexhausted.

At one time or another, the largest question before every young man is, "What shall I do with my life?" Among the possible openings, which best suits his ambition, his tastes, and his capacities? Along what line shall he undertake to make a successful career? The search for a life work and the choice of one is surely as important business as can occupy a boy verging into manhood. It is to help in the decision of those who are considering forestry as a profession that this little book has been written.