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Other Countries. 



Japan would be interesting (as for example if taken during a 

 convalescence) but here, as in India, the low labor cost enables 

 methods which would be far too costly in the United States. 



If a student decided to see the best of all that there is in each 

 country his tour must certainly include Stvitzerland ; the intensive 

 management of the Sihlwald near Ziirich, the Experimental work 

 at Zurich and the treatment of high mountain forests near tourist 

 centers where avalanches are to be feared. 



Russia; Extensive management, sowing and natural reproduc- 

 tion. Yet there is a great deal of doubt whether Russian forestry 

 is up to the supposed standard. It has been alleged that the field 

 practices do not correspond to the description on paper, much of 

 which has been borrowed from Germany. 



Denmark is noted for its intensive management ; here the in- 

 termediate yield from thinnings, etc., bears a higher proportion to 

 the final yield than in any other European country. The thin- 

 nings in beech are especially intensive. 



The conditions in Holland are analogous to those in Denmark. 



In Stveden and Norway one sees the very extensive manage- 

 ment of coniferous species and large scale logging operations. 

 Unfortunately in the past, the Swedish forests have been mis- 

 managed under private control so perhaps the chief lesson to 

 learn would be what to guard against. 



Italy, Spain, Greece (like Dalmatia) are object lessons because 

 of past mismanagement and overcutting due in part to the dis- 

 turbed internal conditions through which these countries have 

 passed. Some writers state that the decadence of these nations 

 is due to the destruction of their forest wealth — but is it not rather 

 just the opposite that is true? 



Those visiting Italy en route to or from America should cer- 

 tainly visit the school at Vallambrosa. To see and describe some 

 of the once splendid forests of Spain and Greece, now ruined, 

 would be an object lesson which would stamp itself Indelibly upon 

 the mind of American readers. 



Both the writers are planning to return abroad during their 

 next "sabbatical" year to explore more of the regions but little 

 known. 



