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cers of the Government forest service, the results from 

 the communal forests have been excellent. At pres- 

 ent these forests not only supply fuel to the villages 

 which own them, but in some cases they produce 

 enough to pay all the village taxes as well. 



Germany still holds the high position in forest sci- 

 ence which began with Hartig and Cotta. The Ger- 

 man forest schools, of which there are seven of the 

 higher grades, are still among the veiy best, and the 

 study of forestry, both in the schools and in the forest 

 experiment stations, is eagerly pursued. The forests 

 in Prussia, Saxony, and other German States are 

 admirably managed, and yield important returns. The 

 total value of the German forests, public and private, 

 is said to be about $4,500,000,000. 



France. 



Forestry in France has long been associated with 

 the names of famous men. Henry of Navarre and his 

 friend and minister, Sully; Palissy, the great potter, 

 who called the neglect of the forest prevalent in his 

 time u nota mistake, but a calamity and a curse for 

 France;" Colbert, the minister of Louis XIV; the 

 botanist Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon, the celebrated 

 naturalist, are among the men to whom France owes 

 the rise and progress of her present excellent forest 

 policy. Their peculiar service was to lay the founda- 

 tion, both in law and in public opinion, upon which 

 modern forestry in France now rests. 



The forests of the French Government are admirably 

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