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were in existence, and they have since increased 

 rapidly until now some thirty may be counted. The 

 desire to bring these local associations into relation 

 to each other led to the first Forestry Congress in 1837 

 (Congress der Land und Forstwirthe), meeting at 

 Dresden. At that time, and in the congresses following, 

 the agriculturists played a leading part, so that, in 

 1839, the South German foresters separated, and 

 peripatetic congresses were held every one or two 

 years. In 1869, a general organization was deter- 

 mined upon, and, in 1872, the first general German 

 Congress of Foresters met, holding yearly meetings 

 thereafter. A rival association having been organized 

 in 1897, two years later an amalgamation of the two 

 was effected in the Deutscher Forstverein (now over 

 2000 members). The most striking feature of this 

 forceful means of advancing forestry is the institu- 

 tion of the Forstwirtschaftsrat (1890). a permanent 

 committee of about 50 members, which is to look 

 after the political and economic interests of forestry, 

 forming a semi-official national council. 



There also exists an international association of 

 forest experiment stations. 



In the magazine literature, the Cameralists domin- 

 ated until the eighteenth century. The first journal 

 edited by a forester was Reitter's " Journal fur Forst 

 und Jagdwesen" which ran from 1790 to 1797. Dur- 

 ing the first part of the century many others were 

 started, especially after 1820, usually failing soon for 

 lack of support. Hartig himself participated in this 

 literature with five volumes (until 1807) of the Journal 



