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average of more than t."),000 acres per man. Three years later, 

 January 1, 1911, the total acreage had increased to 933,115 acres. 

 By this time 40 foresters were available with an average of 23,328 

 acres. At the present time the State owns 1,000,000 acres which 

 is in charge of 49 foresters or an average of a little over 20,000 

 acres per forester. In time the average acreage per forester will 

 be reduced to about 10,000 acres. 



The training, which the executive managers of forests in 

 America have, varies widely. In Germany it also varies, but less 

 widely, because each State has some prescribed qualifications 

 which a man must be able to meet before he can be promoted, and 

 the prescribed qualifications in the several states approximate each 

 other. The German Oberforster is about 40 years of age when 

 he is appointed to this position. He holds subordinate positions 

 up to that time. It has, however, been recommended that the 

 limit be lowered so a man could attain this position not later than 

 at the age of 36 years. In America only a few executive mana- 

 gers have as yet attained this age. 



The salaries which these trained executive managers receive 

 bear comparison and are given below : 



State. A nnual Salary. 



Wurttemberg $725-$1125 



Hesse 700- 1500 



Prussia 750- 1800 



Saxony 975- 1875 



Bavaria 1200- 1800 



Pennsylvania 720- 1500 



5. Number and Kind of Assistants. 



The larger the number, and the better the training of the assis- 

 tants to a forester are, other things being equal, the larger the 

 area that he can handle. A forester who has another subordinate 

 forester assisting him, and in addition has a large number of 

 permanent and emergency rangers, a large permanent labor force, 

 and a satisfactory office force and office equipment, certainly can 

 handle a larger area than a forester who has very little and poorly 

 trained assistance. The number and kind of subordinate officers 

 should be determined by the area of the State Forest and the 

 intensity of management. 



