talked in Stockholm, says, in an introduction to a work on 

 the Natural Resources of" Sweden, after considering Sweden's 

 possessions in minerals, water powers and agricultural and 

 other natural resources, that "the future of Sweden lies in 

 her forests" and that "nature has presented Sweden with no 

 source of wealth to be compared with what lies slumbering 

 in the depths of the forests." 



The purpose of this and succeeding articles will be to 

 disclose the manner and the means obtaining in Sweden to 

 utilize to the best advantage this great natural asset and to 

 ensure its permanency as well as to contrast these means and 

 methods with those employed in Canada, where the forest 

 wealth is not less important if perhaps not at present so 

 greatly appreciated. 



Investigating forestry in Stockholm, Sweden's beautiful 

 capital, is naturally confined to visits to Governmental 

 bureaux, talks with departmental officials, an inspection of 

 the very notable school of forestry and its adjacent research 

 laboratory, than which there is probably none better equipped 

 or better conducted. Actual visits to the forests are to follow. 



The forest areas of Sweden cover some fifty-five million 

 acres, of which about two-thirds are in private ownership 

 and the rest government owned. The community of interest 

 between the government and the private owners is readily 

 apparent. It manifests itself in close co-operation by both 

 interests for the protection and betterment of existing forests 

 and of provision for their perpetuation. On the surface, at 

 any rate, there is complete harmony. It is true that the State 

 is trying to increase its holdings by the purchase of private 

 forests wherever possible, but there is no general demand 

 for confiscation, by purchase or otherwise. 



All cutting, whether on private or public lands, is subject 

 to the same strict regulations. Private owners willingly sub- 

 mit to whatever rules are imposed for the general good. The 

 nature and extent of these rules and regulations will be dealt 

 with later. 



It is of interest to note that the public forests are not sold 

 or leased to private interests as in Canada. When the Swedish 

 government has pulpwood or other standing timber to dispose 

 of its foresters go into the forests and mark each identical 

 tree to be cut down with an individual number. These trees 



