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which will be drained and cleared of any rank herbage. 

 At this stage also the alignment of prospective forest roads 

 will be carried out, in addition to the laying out of compartment 

 lines, also lines of "severance," etc. Planting operations 

 will probably extend from early autumn until the following 

 spring. The formation of each compartment will be followed 

 successively by the operations of "beating up," cleaning, 

 thinning, etc. In this way an ever-increasing demand for 

 labour will arise, which it is hoped may be supplied from the 

 training centre at Hairmyres. 



Training and employinenf. — The training will commence in 

 the nursery at Hairmyres, which should be in charge of a 

 young, energetic foreman, who must have received a theoretical, 

 as well as a practical, training. This foreman would also have 

 complete charge of the aftbrestation at Glengavel. The nursery 

 staff will consist of certain selected patients, who intend making 

 a profession of forestry. By arrangement with the Forestry 

 Department of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, 

 continuous lecture courses in forestry will be conducted at 

 Hairmyres, examinations held, and certificates awarded. 



When the period of training is concluded at Hairmyres, it is 

 intended to draft the men on to the Camps area, where they will 

 serve their apprenticeship. It will, therefore, be necessary to 

 have at Camps a foreman fully qualified in forestry. Under his 

 charge the men will remain for two or three years, during which 

 time their theoretical training will continue through the medium 

 of demonstrations and excursions. On the completion of their 

 apprenticeship the men will be able to take up appointments as 

 foresters elsewhere. In this connection, through the agency of 

 the Forestry Department of the West of Scotland College 

 of Agriculture, many foreign appointments may be obtained, 

 which would be highly advantageous for such men as were 

 willing to go abroad. 



It is impossible, at this stage, to state accurately the amount 

 of employment which will be given by the scheme, but an 

 approximate estimate has been made, which may give a general 

 indication. It has been calculated that when the scheme 

 commences the staff for Hairmyres and Glengavel would be as 

 follows: — I foreman, lo men and 8 boys, or their equivalent. 

 A separate staff for Camps would consist of i foreman and 

 6 men, with boys from the nursery for planting, making in all a 



