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ROBSON BLACK. Editor. 



cstrp Journal 



VOL. XVI. 



OTTAWA, CANADA, FEBRUARY, 1920 



No. 2. 



SWEDEN'S SCHEM E FOR G ROWING FORESTS 



flj; H. Claughton Wallin, Chief af Surveys, Dominion Forestry Branch, 

 Fomerly in Swedish Private Forest Service. 



Every Operator Judged by the Amount of 



Reproduction That Follows His 



Cuttings. 



The total area of Sweden is 172,963 square miles, about halt' 

 the size of Quebec. 



More than half of Sweden is retained permanently for grow- 

 inc; forest crops. 



There are 23 Boards of Conservation Commissions, employ- 

 ing 33 foresters (graduates of the Royal Forest Institute), 210 

 permanent rangers and inspectors (who have completed a one- 

 year course) , and 861 overseers and "planters." These men have 

 supervision of 41 million acres of privately-owned forests. 



In addition to the foregoing staff on private lands, the State 

 Poorest Service in 1913 (the last hgures available) employed 10 

 District Chief Foresters, 3 State Forest Engineers, 97 Forest Sup- 

 erintendents, and 155 Forest Assistants who were all technically 

 trained foresters. The staff has since been considerably in- 

 creased and would now amount to over 300 technical men. The 

 number of rangers and assistant rangers, who must be gra(hiafes 

 of a school of forestry (twelve months course) is between seven 

 and eight hundred. 



Tlie State Vorcsi Sei'vice has aulhorily over 22,000,000 acres 

 of slate-owned lands, of which 12,500,()()0 acres are in f\)rest 

 Reserves |)roper. 



In 1918, the r\)reslry Boards restocked 70,000 acres by arti- 

 ficial seechng or |)lanling. 



Aboul 71 million Irees, mostly Scotch pine and s|)rnce. and 

 about 50,000 lbs. of pine and spruce seed were disliibnied. Two- 

 thirds was supi)lied iVeeoi-al a priceless than cost. AbonI 1 1.000 

 land owners received these sup|)lies. 



This does not include the e\iensi\c> planting and seeding 

 woi'k done by the large estates and Innibei' companies whicli 

 often have theii-own nurseries and, as a inle, their own foresters 

 to direct the work. 



