Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1918 



1727 



la the Forests of Finland: Scotch Pine Crown Forest at Evois, Finland, 95 years old. 



Finland's Public-owned Forests 



By Samuel T. Dana. 



Amazingly Low Fire Losses and High 

 Income to State; 180 Foresters Employed. 



Finland, with a total forest area 

 variously estimated at from one-half 

 to two-thirds of its total land area, 

 probably has a larger proportion of 

 forest area than any other country in 

 the world. Of this forest area con- 

 sid-erably more than half is owned 

 by the State. According to recently 

 published official statistics the area 

 of these State forests in 1912 was as 

 follows : 



Area 

 Percent, (acres). 



Cultivated lands 56 174,000 



Productive (drv) 



forest land :.... 42.67 13,295,000 



Unreclaimable 

 swamp and marsh 



land 53.00 16,516.000 



Water 3.77 1,176.000 



100.00 31,161,000 

 The small per cent, of cultivated 

 land and the large per cent, of unre- 

 claimable swamp and marsh land are 

 particularly noteworthy. Of the total 



