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THE FORESTER. 



January, 



will do well to see something of Swiss for- 



and it would be difficult to find one more 



favorably situated or a forest officer with ests before he turns northward. The Sihl 



a happier faculty for making matters clear wald, town forest of Zurich, deservedly 



to the beginner. While at Uehlingen the famous for its Beech forests and theexcel- 



Photograph taken by T. H. Sherrard. 

 NATURAL REPRODUCTION OF SILVER FIR BEACK FOREST. 



student will have a chance to acquaint 

 himself thoroughly with the Baden work- 

 ing plan method, which, of the several in 

 force in the German States, is the simplest, 

 the broadest, and the least unsuited to 

 American forest conditions. Uehlingen 

 is within easy reach of several instructive 

 ranges, among which are Waldshut, St. 

 Blasien, and Wolfsboden. The Waldshut 

 range in the foothills of the Schwarzwald, 

 where the vineyards of the Rhine valley 

 give way first to coppice woods and then 

 to high forests of Beech and Oak, forms a 

 strong contrast in type and management 

 to Wolfsboden and St. Blasien, both moun- 

 tain ranges stocked chiefly with Silver Fir 

 and Spruce. 



His term at Uehlingen ended, the student 



lence of its management, is full of interest 

 and of practical hints. There are records 

 of its systematic management since 1417- 

 It is the only range in Europe in which all 

 its own forest produce is worked up. It 

 has a sawmill, lathes for turning tool 

 handles, a plant for impregnating paving 

 blocks and telegraph poles and machines 

 for the shaping and bundling of fuel. No 

 raw material is sold. The Sihlwald con- 

 tains also a most ingenious and labor-saving 

 system of timber slides, firewood slides, 

 and forest railways. 



The town forest of Winterthur does not 

 contain many features from the study of 

 which Americans can give direct practical 

 benefit. It is instructive, however, in 

 showing what exceedingly favorable local 





