NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



existence of the extensive woods from which 

 adequate supplies of timber for the front have 

 been obtained. There is no education for the 

 forester like practical work at planting, prun- 

 ing, felling, and converting the woodland 

 produce, the so-called scientific teaching in a 

 schoolroom with an attached dozen acres of 

 plantations for botanical purposes being ill- 

 fitted to produce the class of men that are 

 required to supervise the formation and after- 

 management of plantations in this country, 

 As stated above, we are by no means averse 

 scientific teaching, but let it be in conjunctio] 

 with the practical, for past experience and th( 

 present condition of Scottish woodlands clearly 

 point out that in order to produce the best class 

 of foresters a thorough training on a well- 

 timbered estate is absolutely necessary. 



Now that the Government has practically 

 decided that the foundation of a school or 

 schools of forestry is necessary, the questions 

 crop up, Where and how should such be 

 established ? No better position than in con- 

 nection with the afforesting of waste lands 



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