of replanting the forests and of rendering only such assistance 

 as may seem actually to be necessary. The other believes that 

 the best results are to be obtained in every case by artificial 

 cultivation. With the former, financial considerations fre- 

 quently prevail. What's the use of spending money to do 

 something which Nature will do alone and do much better 

 if it is left to her to do, they say. They also assert that arti- 

 ficial propagation impairs the stamina of the trees and in- 

 volves risks of early losses which are avoided when Nature 

 does the work. 



Mr. Carl Eric Barth, chief forester for the Fiskby Paper 

 Company, is one of those who believe in giving Nature every 

 chance to replant the forests. In his woods near Finspong he 

 shows some interesting results obtained from strip-cutting, as 

 it is called. This involves the clean cutting of a strip in the 

 midst of the forest about 1,000 feet wide and two or three times 

 as deep. Seeds from the surrounding trees are scattered by the 

 wind over the clean-cut area and in time take root and 

 develop into trees. Plots so cut in the Finspong woods show 

 a proficient growth after three years. On some plots cut over 

 about seven years ago there is a fine growth of young trees 

 which give promise of developing into excellent stands of 

 pine and spruce. Mr. Barth is very enthusiastic for this 

 method of cutting and has prepared an elaborate report, 

 showing its results for presentation to the Swedish Forestry 

 Association which, in conjunction with a number of Norwegian 

 foresters, is to visit his woods this summer. 



Forest-master Isaac Ljungquist of the Holmens Bruks 

 Company is also strong for the natural method of reforestation 

 and has many spots in his woods to prove what can be done 

 in this way. He is opposed to spending money on nurseries 

 and on planting and seeding unless it can be shown that such 

 expenditures are vitally necessary. He admits that there are 

 circumstances which can only be met by artificial means and 

 he does not neglect to seed or plant his land when natural 

 means are not available. 



But the success of Sweden's forests, it is very evident, 

 depends less upon the methods employed for securing a new 

 growth of trees than it does upon the scientific means em- 

 ployed in harvesting the current crop. In America, and to 

 some extent in Canada, forests are cut down on the principle 



