theoretic and practical forestry, its course covering three 

 years. The entrance requirements include nine months of 

 practical training in the field as well as a certificate of gradua- 

 tion from a high school or college. It is said to be without an 

 equal in Europe. Its courses are in such demand that would- 

 be entrants have to go through a preliminary elimination 

 trial, which only two-thirds of those entering survive. 

 Its graduates are in great demand for both governmental and 

 private service. 



In connection with the college the government maintains 

 a forest laboratory which devotes all of its efforts to research 

 on questions bearing on forestry. It has two sections, one 

 devoted to forest management and to investigations in regard 

 to the growth of stands, and the other mainly to geological 

 and botanical subjects. It is exceptionally well-equipped and 

 ably staffed. A visit disclosed a number of important and 

 interesting experiments in progress. The laboratory maintains 

 experimental areas in all parts of the country and is doing a 

 work that no private agency is competent to undertake. 



The State also maintains a number of schools of a lesser 

 grade, situated throughout the country, chiefly for the training 

 of forest rangers. There are eleven of such schools in all. 

 At each school there is an experimental forest area for the 

 practical instruction of the students, who are also required to 

 spend part of their school year in the forests doing actual 

 forest work. The course usually comprises a full year of 

 study and the object sought is practical insight into forest 

 management and the supervision of forest operations. Char- 

 coal burning, which is an important part of the industry, is 

 also taught. 



A visit of inspection was made to one of the best of these 

 rangers' schools located near Bispgarden in middle Sweden, 

 where it has been established since 1898. The school has a 

 director and assistant director who live on the premises. It 

 employs two rangers and other necessary staff. It graduates 

 eighteen students every year. A primary education is sufficient 

 for admission. The average age of the students is twenty-two 

 years. There are many more applicants than can be accom- 

 modated. The students are lodged and boarded at the school 

 free of charge, their only expenses being for books, etc. Each 

 student is allowed 25 kroner a month (about $6.25). The 



