

APPENDIX F 



[In order that any reader who is interested in the reclamation 

 and afforestation of land may inform himself as to what is being 

 done in these directions in Jutland, I print translations of the two 

 following extracts from Danish publications which I think are of 

 value. These extracts have been kindly sent to me by Mr. A. W. 

 Taylor of Copenhagen. H. R. H.] 



THE DANISH HEATH SOCIETY 



Translated from " Hedeselskabets Virksomhed med scerligt Henblik fiaa 

 Herning-Egnen, 1907." (Viborg.) 



"The Heath Society was founded in 1866. Its main 

 object is to promote the reclamation of the moors of 

 Jutland. The means used to promote this object are 

 the encouragement of irrigation {Engvanding), the planting 

 of trees, the construction of drains, the regulation of 

 rivers, the treatment of bogs and fens with a view to 

 turning them into agricultural land, and the conveyance 

 of marl and chalk to districts which are poor in chalk. 



" In i860 there were in Jutland 808 1 (English) square 

 miles of moor covered with heather, 72 square miles of 

 uncultivated bog, and 40 square miles of barren sandhills 

 making altogether an area of 920 square miles of uncul- 

 tivated land. 



" In i8g6 there were 252 square miles of heather and 

 bog, and 29.6 square miles of barren sandhills altogether 

 an area of 281.6 square miles of uncultivated land. Later 

 statistics are not as yet available (1907). 



1 One Danish square mile =4 English square miles. The translator has 

 therefore multiplied the figures in the Danish original by four. 



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