OFFICIAL EFFORTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 



The work for the advancement of agriculture and forestry comprises : 



The ofticial measures which are put into operation by the State 

 administration for agriculture and forestry. 



The work that is carried on by agricultural and forestry associ- 

 ations. 



Educational system. 



The State Administration for Agriculture. 



The centre of the State administration for agriculture is the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture with its separate divisions or offices. 



The Departement has two divisions, each of them with its executive 

 chief : The Agriculture and Concession Division and 

 The Forestry and Veterinary Division. Under this 

 latter belong also the freshwater fisheries and matters concerning rein- 

 deer and redistribution of intermixed holdings. 



The Agriculture Division consists of the following of- 

 fices: 



1. The Agriculture Office, to which pertains the admi- 

 nistration of most of the official measures for the promotion of land- 

 cultivation and of the breeding of live-stock. 



2. The Production Office, which has chiefly to do with 

 the bringing of new land into cultivation, including the colonisation of 

 uncultivated waste-lands. 



3. The Concession Office, which deals with all matters 

 concerning the acquirement of land, forest, bog and mountain. 



4. The Information Office for Agriculture, which 

 is quite a new office and of which the object is the collection of all in- 

 formation that is of interest for agriculture (farming, forestry etc.) and 

 the publication of everything that may be supposed to be of importance 

 for practical operations. 



The Director of Agriculture acts as chief of the Agri- 

 culture and Production Offices. He is likewise chief of the agricultural 

 officials of the State and of the State institutions in the sphere of agri- 

 culture and, moreover, directly conducts all the official measures for the 

 promotion of farming and the breeding of live-stock. 



