Twenty-two years ago Norway had no more than twenty- 

 five trained foresters who had been through the high schools, 

 and most of these came either from Germany or Sweden. At 

 present the Norwegian high school of forestry has over 500 

 graduates to its credit. In addition, the State maintains nine 

 subsidiary forestry schools, whose average attendance is 

 about 500 pupils, farmers as well as intending foresters taking 

 advantage of the courses to obtain a practical knowledge of 

 tree culture. 



"The attention given to the training of foresters," said a 

 Norwegian forest authority, "has made possible a wonderful 

 progress in the expert handling of our forests." 



The same care to eliminate as far as possible fire risks 

 exists here as throughout the Scandinavian forests generally. 

 Well-built roads permeate all the principal forests and little 

 settlements at short intervals of distance provide a permanent 

 and ever-available fire-fighting force whenever required. 



The attention given to the housing and care of the forest 

 forces is worthy of note and explains in some measure the 

 eagerness with which the young Norwegians adopt forestry 

 as a profession whenever the opportunity to do so is afforded 

 them. 



ARTICLE No. VII. 



EXTENSIVE FOREST PROGRAM ADOPTED BY THE 



BRITISH FORESTRY COMMISSION AND HOW 



IT IS BEING CARRIED OUT 



LONDON, JULY 21 Among the possible causes contri- 

 buting to the unprecedented period of drought through which 

 the British Isles are passing is included that of the destruction 

 of the forests which resulted from the war. 



"May it not be," asks a writer in the DAILY MAIL, "that 

 we owe the drought from which we are suffering to the fact 

 that most of our trees worth calling trees have been felled. 

 It seems to be an established fact that local afforestation in- 

 creases the rainfall of the district, and the denudation of the 

 soil, owing to the destruction of forests, in India is a fact 

 equally well-established. Trees evaporate more water than 

 even seas and lakes." 



