FORESTRY WORK BY BOY SCOUTS AND SCHOOLBOYS. 1 67 



their side-branches and cross-cut to their respective lengths. 

 Several boys were employed in the collection of Scots fir cones. 

 The crop for the season was a poor one, yet several large bags 

 were filled. 



* During the period a great deal of important work was done 

 by the boys, and had the weather conditions been more 

 favourable, no doubt they would have given a still better 

 account of themselves.' 



" It is hoped that this experiment may h6 tried again on 

 a still more extensive scale. It is now proved that these boys 

 can do valuable work, and the securing of their interest in 

 forestry is a national asset that cannot fail to be of use in the 

 future." 



