Switzerland recognised the benefits e forest protec- 

 tion and development 600 years ago Trhon the fores'; ordinance of 

 Ber.Ti was Issued* Tfco Sihl/rald ef Zurich, one of the rnost. per- 

 fectly Liana^ed and nost profitable forests in the world, has 

 been handled under a working plan since 1680. The little Al- 

 pine republic still reports progress In forest work, and the 

 American consul writing frois St. Gall says; 



"The government ef Switzerland has so carefully re,TU- 

 lated the tirobcr output that it hr.s nevor beon permitted to oX" 

 oeed the natural growtii. The thiolc grwrth of tiraboi on the ncun- 

 tain sides, purposely allowed to become dense, has perceptibly 

 lessened the dangsr and frequency of avalanches and landslides, 

 which in former tines wore so frightfully destructive*. To con- 

 trol the spring floods In the rivors and streams, pjassive dans, 



fortified by thickly planted trees, have boan erected at e:cpotitd 



*,. 



placse. In the oxtraordirary attention paid to its timber lands, 

 tlie govornnent has t alien into account also the &.&oessit7 for 

 sheltering and pajturin/? cattle, the maintenance oi* tiia s;oil 7 

 the roads'; and the natural springs, climate, r.nd the control of 



monitor, ^tr^.e.:^* 



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