150 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARIiORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



^'■\. Demonstration Area.— 2^. We consider that a Demonstra- 

 tion Area should he of such a character as to form — 



{a) An object lesson on the benefits arising out of systematic 

 forest management and a centre for exhibiting accessory 

 forest industries. 

 {b) A practical training ground for forestry students. 

 {c) A training ground for woodmen who wish to qualify as 



working foremen or head foresters. 

 {d) One of the centres for the establishment of field experi- 

 ments in silviculture. 

 (<?) One of the centres for the collection of statistics relating 

 to forestry. 

 "4. Such an area must of necessity be well wooded, and we 

 use the term Demonstration Forest in that connection. 



"5. We recommend that Laboratory Research proceed princi- 

 pally at the existing teaching centres, but that opportunities for 

 such work be also provided in the Demonstration Forest. 



" 6. We consider that the Forest of Dean, with the adjoining 

 Crown woods, is well suited to meet the requirements imposed 

 by a Demonstration Forest, and we recommend accordingly that 

 it be selected for the purpose. 



" 7. With regard to local administrative control, we consider, 

 as the ideal arrangement, that the whole of this Demonstration 

 Forest should be in the sole charge of one fully trained man. 



" 8. We recognise that it may be difficult to make the arrange- 

 ment suggested in the last paragraph at once in the woods 

 which are at present under the control of the Deputy Surveyor. 

 In the meantime, it would be necessary to place some special 

 portion of this Demonstration Forest, such as the High Meadow 

 and Tintern Woods, from the beginning of operations under the 

 management of a fully trained officer. It appears to us that the 

 position is simplified by the fact that the President of the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries is also Commissioner of Woods in 

 charge of the Forest of Dean, and of the adjoining woodlands ; 

 and that it may be possible for him also to devise a scheme for 

 the use of the remaining area of these Crown woods, whereby 

 the officer in charge of the Demonstration Forest should be 

 placed in possession of all necessary information regarding their 

 management, and have access to any part of them for the 

 purposes of instruction and conducting approved experiments. 

 " 9. We recommend that if the arrangements referred to in 



