| Show FORESTRY PRO PROBLEM BLEtA IN JAPAN little brown brothers have safeguarded thor themselves against destruction of forests just at the time when tills this country Is beginning to struggle anith ith the problem of husbanding hus banding its forest resources ot of protecting its mountain slopes anil and of improving the waterways it la Is interesting to know that the japanese have successfully attacked attached the same problem before the land suffered severely from tho the evil effects following deforestation tile the farsighted far sighted people of nippon have foreseen the results of the destruction 0 I 1 their extensive mountain forests ond and havo have safeguarded themselves by placing all or of these under goi ei ament control the practice of forestry has been carried on in japan lor a longer time than in any other country for 1200 years the people ot of japan have been planting and growing forests anith a success that has been a little short ot of marvelous under careful management lb ls i japanese forests yield very high financial returns this high yield is only made possible by the close utilization ot of every bit of tile the tree so that scarcely a is wasted and by the improvement of the growth of their forests by carefully caie tully fully thinning and tending the woods are clr first t thinned at the age of 0 thirteen years and then every five lears elra after that up to the time of oe the final harvest at years |
