28 FOEESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 



that had been under treatment for about a year. They did 

 so well at Camps that when they reported for military 

 service they were accepted and are now in the army. The 

 high altitude of Camps is suitable for cases of tuberculosis 

 that have passed the acute stage and those with catarrhal 

 complications. 



It will thus be seen that the scheme admirably fills two 

 functions. It provides the proper kind of employment that 

 aids in the cure of tuberculous patients ; and it forms a 

 practical training centre for such patients as intend making 

 forestry their avocation in the future. Another useful and 

 patriotic work embraced in the scheme is the teaching and 

 employment in forestry work of disabled soldiers, who, when 

 their training is completed at Camps, will be placed on 

 estates in different parts of the country, through the co- 

 operation of the Eoyal Scottish Arboricultural Society. 



At present (May 1918) the nursery at Hairmyres, 

 which was started in October 1913, is about 12 acres in 

 extent. In addition there is a demonstration wood and 

 planting ground attached, amounting to some 20 acres. 

 About 15 students from the West of Scotland Agri- 

 cultural College in Glasgow, 6 discharged soldiers who 

 are being trained in forestry, and 20 to 25 child 

 patients are engaged in nursery work. In addition to 

 the above, a four-weeks' training course in forestry for 

 women is being conducted ; and 40 trained women, who 

 have passed through this course, have been sent out to 

 various estates. These women are selected by the Ministry 

 of Labour ; and, in addition to nursery work, they are taken 

 to felling areas in the vicinity, where they are trained in all 

 branches of timber work. 



Dr. Macpherson, the Superintendent Physician, states 

 that the Forestry Department at Hairmyres is especially 

 useful in providing different grades of labour for convalescent 

 tuberculous patients. It is also a most suitable occupation 

 for patients convalescent from neurasthenia, whether due to 

 shell-shock or other causes, or for the soldier who has been 

 gassed. Both patients and ordinary workers derive much 



