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Thus the educational facilities now in force, as is 

 intended, enable a brilliant man to aspire to reach 

 the highest posts in a forestry service. 



I have alluded to the practical portion of the 

 University education in forestry. It is a highly 

 important part of the business. It is impossible 

 to teach forestry entirely in the class-room. A 

 few words are therefore necessary on this subject. 



To give this training effectively, you require to 

 have: 



(a) A small area of woods with a good forest 



nursery. 



(b) A much larger area of woods which we have 



come to term a demonstration area. 



(a) The small area, or Forest Garden as it has been 

 termed. This small area, 100 to 200 acres will suffice, 

 with its forest nursery, is required primarily for the 

 preliminary practical work of the forest student. 

 In it he will actually learn to perform the manual 

 work of the forest labourer. For unless he learns 

 how to do this himself, he will never be in a position 

 to superintend his labour force efficiently in the 

 future. In this area he will make full acquaintance 

 with the methods of raising young plants and of 

 planting them out in the woods, and will undertake 

 a variety of other work which it is unnecessary to 

 detail at length here. In the area small experi- 

 mental plots of various species will be grown, 

 and use be made of the small areas of old woods 

 the area should possess for technical work of 

 other kinds. Most of the forestry educational 



