PROFITABLE CO-OPERATIVE TIMBER-GROWING. 291 
XXVII. Profitable Co-operative Timber-Growing. 
By Rogpert Gatioway, S.S.C., Edinburgh. 
SUGGESTERS OF CO-OPERATION IN FORESTRY. 
The idea of co-operation in timber-growing is not new, but in 
recent times its chief advocates have been Professor Somerville, 
Professor Schwappach, Dr Schlich, Sir Dietrich Brandis, Mr 
Gamble, Mr Massie, and various essayists who have written for 
the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. Dr Somerville and 
others advocated the establishment of a limited liability com- 
pany. Mr Massie suggested that the company should also 
establish a Forest School in connection with the fores’ Dr 
Schlich and Sir Dietrich Brandis dealt with communal or cor- 
poration forests; and Mr Gamble referred to Continental Forestry 
Societies which owned and worked forests of their own. In con- 
cluding his remarks, he said: “In the United Kingdom also it 
may one day be possible for some of those whose means allow 
them to be content with but a small dividend for a few years at 
the beginning to invest money in forest companies and acquire 
properties which, under good management, would soon become 
not merely a provision against dearth of timber in the future, but 
a good investment.” 
It might also be mentioned that there are public companies in 
several countries on the Continent-of Europe, in the United 
States of America, and in several of the British colonies, which 
own and manage forests. 
OBJECTS AIMED AT. 
Dr Somerville’s objects were the provision of a standing model 
in modern sylviculture, a training ground for foresters, and an 
opportunity to all interested in Forestry to become partners in 
such a concern. He thought also that the venture would prove 
a good investment, although the return might be delayed. Pro- 
fessor Schwappach thought that, apart from State Forestry, co- 
operation was the only method by which successful afforestation 
could be carried on in this country. One of the essayists referred 
to advocated his views on the ground of affording help to small 
proprietors in economising expenses, securing uniform prices, 
