By
What you would weave into the life of the nation, put into the publicschools.
—Emperor William I.
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1911
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | What Is Conservation? | 1 |
| II | Soil | 10 |
| III | Forests | 42 |
| IV | Water | 86 |
| V | Coal | 124 |
| VI | Other Fuels | 144 |
| VII | Iron | 164 |
| VIII | Other Minerals | 181 |
| IX | Animal Foods | 198 |
| X | Insects | 217 |
| XI | Birds | 236 |
| XII | Health | 265 |
| XIII | Beauty | 302 |
| XIV | In Conclusion | 312 |
Much has been said and written on the subject of conservation and manyexcellent ideas have been advanced, but as yet too little has beenaccomplished in the way of practical results. Probably this is duelargely to the fact that most people think of conservation as a problemfor the federal and state governments, mine owners, great lumbercompanies, owners of vast tracts of land, and large corporations; andhave not realized how much the responsibility for the care of ournatural resources and the penalty for their waste rest with the wholepeople, that every one has a part in this work which has been called"the great