Volume 1 Article 1 1-1-1913 Ames Forester Vol. 1 Ames Forestry Club Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/amesforester Part of the Forest Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Ames Forestry Club (1913) "Ames Forester Vol. 1," Ames Forester: Vol. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/amesforester/vol1/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ames Forester by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Vol. 1. 1913 THE AMES FORESTER Published Annually By The Forestry Club of the Iowa State College Ames, Iowa T. R. Truax, Editor Arthur F. Miller, Business Manager Prof. G. B. MacDonald, Adviser , 5 !>\ A..'('(\ 31 \J. \- ~ c.\ PATRONS To the following persons is largely due the financial credit for the publication: H. F. Brown G. B. MacDonald L. H. Pammel Geo. C. Morbeck C. L. Siverly The Tilden Store Co. J. C. Whitham H. F. Wilcox H. H. Richmond Why Forestry 1s Necessarily a N a tion Problem E. A. SHERMAN, '96 (CHAUCER). District Forester. Ocden, Utah Forestry is a vast subject. It is both broad and deep. It has to do with soil, climate, and topography. It affects both moun tain and valley. It determines the course and volume of rivers. It influences physical and political geographic changes. It gov erns the prosperity and life of nations. The forest is only one of its incidents.