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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



GROUP OF FORESTRY STUDENTS. 

 THESE MEN ARE FROM THE FOREST ACADEMY AT MUNDEN, OF WHICH PROF. FRICKE WAS DIRECTOR. 



Among the Austrian foresters who 

 are probably with the army may be 

 mentioned Prof. Zederbauer, who is in 

 charge of the silvicultural investigations 

 at the Mariabrunn Experiment Station. 

 Zederbauer has written widely on silvi- 

 culture in many of its phases, but is 

 best known in this country for his 

 interesting investigations regarding the 

 light requirements of trees and methods 

 of measuring light in the forest. 



In conclusion it is interesting to 

 speculate a little as to the effect which 

 the war will probably have on the future 

 development of European forestry. 

 Many forests will undoubtedly be 

 seriously injured and even destroyed, 

 working plans will have to be revised, 

 and opportunities will be offered for the 

 introduction of new silvicultural systems 

 and methods of forest management. 



Perhaps of even greater importance, 

 however, will be the heavy thinning 

 which will take place in the ranks of the 

 foresters. Strange as it may seem, this 

 loss will probably in some respects be 

 particularly serious in Russia. There 

 the proportion of forest officers in the 

 higher grades to those in the lower 

 grades is only about half what it is in 

 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and France. 

 The death of any considerable number 

 of the higher officers, therefore, will 

 decrease the comparatively small num- 

 ber of leaders in the profession. In the 

 other countries, on the other hand, 

 both the higher and lower grades are 

 overcrowded, and there are more men 

 ready for service than there are positions 

 to fill. The war will therefore make 

 room for many men who would other- 



