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easy to select those forster who are best able to give the required atten- 

 tion to the training. School education should be completed before 

 undertaking the forest work. 



In order for Germany to regain her place in the sun, very hard work 

 will be necessary on the part of every one, including the foresters. 

 Even in forestry, new methods will be devised to produce maximum 

 results with a minimum of effort. The scientists have to devise the 

 methods, but the foresters will have to apply them. The hunt will play 

 but a small part in the forester's life, for he will have no time for it. 

 All his thoughts and efforts will be devoted to forestry. 



The separation of the forest service from the military service is a 

 matter of a few months at the most and will remove the greatest ob- 

 stacle which has been in the way of the progress of the forster class. 

 This will allow the forster more time for the training of apprentices. 



Finally, the course in the forest schools should be lengthened to two 

 years. 



Linck. Forstlehrlinge. Deutsche Forstzeitung, 34 : 29-32. January 19, 1919. 



Representatives of all the Prussian ranger 

 Prussian (Jager) battalions met in Berlin on December 



Forestry 20-21, 1918, to consider matters affecting the for- 



Profession estry profession. 



In addition to presenting several propositions 

 for immediate consideration by the Ministry of Agriculture, Domains 

 and Forests and by the Branch of the War Office in charge of rangers 

 and riflemen (Jager and Schutzen), they adopted a platform expressing 

 their minimum demands in the reorganization of the State service. 

 These demands include the following: 



Complete separation of the forestry profession from military control, 

 with certain provisions regarding the reabsorption of service men into 

 the civil service ; change in course of training for foresters, with a 

 limitation on the number of students admitted and with a preference in 

 favor of foresters' sons ; the training to include a year's practical work 

 with a forester and two years in a forest school ; after passing an ex- 

 amination, to be given by foresters, the legal military service period is 

 •■.o be undertaken, after which the candidate should be immediately 

 given a place in the State forest service, unless he wishes a furlough to 

 enter private work. Every forester shall have a chance to study, with 

 the support of the State, for a higher position ; salaries shall be ad- 

 justed so that a man reaches his highest salary in middle life ; maximum 

 pensions and widows' allowances in case of disability or death to be 



