SCHOOLS OF FORESTRY 



could be suggested, every facility for the 

 education of foresters and woodmen being 

 present. First, there would be clearing, drain- 

 ing, and fencing the land, tree pitting or 

 notching and planting, after which tending 

 the woods, thinning and disposing of the 

 woodland produce, either in a converted or 

 unconverted state, would give an insight into 

 the cultivation of timber which could not so 

 well be otherwise obtained. The greatest 

 drawback in connection with existing forestry 

 schools is the want of woodlands, the result 

 being that theoretical teaching has given 

 place to a great extent, at least to the 

 practical work. The Forest of Dean School 

 is, however, a late exception. More than 

 once I have had pupils from schools of 

 forestry come to me to ascertain the names 

 and peculiarities of our native trees and 

 timbers. In order to have first-class managers 

 of our wooded estates, it is imperative that 

 the whole curriculum in connection with 

 forest management, from laying out the 

 ground to disposing of the produce, be gone 

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