560 JOURNAL OF FORI'.f.TKY 



officials went out of government service and the jurists, as a class, lost 

 much of their prestige. Favorable action was expected in 1920 leaduig 

 to the employment of forest technicians in all offices of the admin- 

 istration. 



Forest education is in a relatively flourishing condition. Whereas 

 in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire a few schools could serve the 

 whole large country, now each separate subdivision needs schools. The 

 agitation for forest schools is especially strong in Czecho-Slovakia and 

 the sentiment has been crystallized in a petition presented to the gov- 

 ernment to take over a small private school and make it a forestry 

 branch of the Technical School at Prague. While it is generally con- 

 ceded that forest schools independent of all other institutions are the 

 most desirable, the present poverty-stricken condition of the country 

 necessitates either going without forest schools or making them 

 branches of existing establishments, thus utilizing at least in part, 

 buildings and faculties already in existence. In Jugo-Slavia a forest 

 academy has been established at Saravejo, and in Poland and Hungary 

 similar movements are under way. It seems possible that these small 

 States may become over-schooled if all the proposed plans are cCirried 

 out, causing an over-production of trained foresters, together with 

 small enrollments in the various schools. 



In the Bosnia-Herzegovinian Karst region the reforestation of barren 

 lands seems to be proceeding in an uninterrupted manner, despite the 

 transfer of the land from Austrian administration to Jugo-Slavia, which 

 is dominated by what used to be Serbian interests. Two articles, one 

 on nursery fertilizers and the other on rabbit damage, lead to the 

 inference that the work is proceeding probably just as before the war, 

 although nothing definite is said on the matter. On the whole it seems 

 that forest administration is less badly affected than we would suppose 

 from our general news dispatches from Austria. 



There are numerous little sidelights of particular interest to Amer- 

 icans scattered through the news items pertaining strictly to Austrian 

 affairs. For example, in one issue is an illustrated article on American 

 hickory, and elm and ash taken from American Forestry, in many 

 parts being a close translation. Again in an article urging more tree 

 planting in Austria, we find the French plantations held up as a shining 

 example just as they are in America, but also we find ourselves held 

 up as an example to Austria. Our Arbor Day is explained in detail 

 and the Forest Service plantations in Nebraska are cited as notable 



