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Policy, a visit to the distinguished authority, Professor Endres 

 at the University of Munich is very advisable. 



Silviculture must be studied in the field, and every forest offers 

 something of interest in this line. In the next sub-heading 

 (Special Points of Countries) an attempt is made to give the 

 most characteristic silvicultural and other achievements of each 

 country. It is important, however, that the visitor does not con- 

 fine his studies to Nationally-owned forests, but include those 

 owned privately and communally. Commercial nurseries and 

 seed-extracting plants should not be omitted by the silviculturists. 

 Perhaps the finest seed-extracting plant is that at Annaburg, be- 

 tween Berlin and Dresden, though what is claimed will be an 

 even better one, is being built at Konitz in West Prussia. Both 

 these "Darren" are government-owned, but permission to visit 

 them is readily granted upon presentation of proper credentials. 



Forest Management — that is Forest Regulation and Working 

 Plans — can best be studied, as far as the theory is concerned, in 

 conjunction with one of the principal forest schools. The lead- 

 ing authority on this subject is undoubtedly Professor Dr. Martin 

 at Tharandt near Dresden. For the actual application, any exe- 

 cutive bureau through its Section of Working Plans will gladly 

 furnish examples of typical working plans and these can then be 

 studied on the ground. In order to obtain a broad grasp of the 

 manifold variations of this fascinating subject, the specialist 

 should aim to pursue his studies in France, Germany and Austria, 

 and should single out typical instances of their characteristic 

 methods of regulating the yield. 



For a study of the engineering features of Forest Management, 

 the Engineering Section of any of the District offices of the 

 Austrian Forest Service will prove particularly profitable. A 

 mastery of German and French is almost an essential to the 

 Specialist in Management; in the former, German script must 

 also be learned since almost all the working plans are written in 

 that peculiar chirography. 



Forest Protection is usually to be studied as a concomitant of 

 Silviculture and Administration but to the Specialist in this sub- 

 ject are especially recommended : Protection from Erosion — the 



