SCHOOLS OF FORESTRY 



forestry posts in this country are filled by 

 such men, and we see no reason why a prac- 

 tical forester should not be appointed at the 

 head of every afforesting scheme. At Wei- 

 beck and Woburn the extensive woodlands 

 are managed in a most satisfactory way by 

 foresters who had their training on estates 

 north of the Tweed, and the same applies to 

 many other English estates. 



But, indeed, nine-tenths of the most ex- 

 tensive and well-managed plantations in this 

 country are supervised by practical woodmen, 

 and these are the men to whom credit is most 

 due for meeting the wants of the Government 

 in the matter of timber supplies. Take as 

 examples the woods at Cawdor, Darnaway, 

 Scone, Durris, and other Northern estates, 

 and it will be found that the foresters in 

 charge of such have not been trained at 

 any of the so-called schools of forestry, 

 but received their early education in wood- 

 craft under one or other of the capable 

 Scottish foresters, to whose foresight, in con- 

 junction with the landowners, we owe the 



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