where. (Mr. Oxholm’s bulletin, p. 174). An 
English publication, “Statement prepared by 
the Forestry Commission for the British Em- 
pire Forestry Conference, London, July, 1920,” 
throws a side light on Sweden's export trade, 
in a table on page 38, which shows the quali- 
ties and values of unmanufactured timber im- 
ported into the United Kingdom for the aver- 
age of five years, 1909-13. The figures for the 
three countries that head the list, in value in 
pounds, are Russia, £10,814,000, Sweden, 
£3,775,000, Norway, #£1,395,000. 
At the present time Russia is, of course, 
eliminated as a competitor, but with the world- 
wide depression in business and the uncertain- 
ties resulting from abnormal exchange, the 
Swedish lumber trade is reported to be almost 
at a standstill; yards fully stocked and nc op- 
portunity to sell. But on this point tbe writer 
huntsmen, an interesting survival of which 
persists in the title carried by the forester 
today, “Jiigmiistare.” Incidentally it may be 
said that the name is still appropriate, for 
every Swedish forester appears to be a keen 
sportsman whose chief recreation is to get out 
with dog and gun. 
During my stay in Sweden I had the privi- 
lege of attending a hunt on one of the national 
forests, or “crown parks.” At Omberg Krono- 
park is located one of the seven schools for 
the training of men for the trade of ranger. 
During the year four days are set apart for 
hunting, when the student body, 20 men and 
their instructors, repair to the woods armed 
with shotguns and have a fine time in shoot- 
ing rabbits and foxes. Needless to say the 
days of the hunts are eagerly anticipated, and 
it so happened that our visit to Omberg just 
coincided with one of them. 
CHARCOAL 
WOOD RICKED 
FOR SEASONING, 
FROM FIRST 
THINNING 
is not prepared to speak. Rather let him re- 
turn to his own last, forestry. 
ORGANIZED FORESTRY 
WORK IN SWEDEN 
Organized forest work in Sweden divides 
roughly into two main classes, (a) that carried 
on directly under the Swedish Forest Service 
(Kungliga Domanstyrelsen), or under other 
branches of the government, like the State 
Forest School (Skogshégskolan), or the Forest 
Experiment Station (Statens Skogsforsdéks 
anstalt), or (b) that conducted under other 
auspices, especially by the local forest com- 
missions (Skogsvardsstyrelsen), or by the 
Swedish Forestry Association (Svenska 
Skogsvards f6reningens). 
The rational care of forests is no new thing 
in Sweden. The state has owned forests for 
over 700 years but in common with other 
European countries, the forests were regarded 
in early days as being of more importance for 
their game than for their timber. The early 
foresters were therefore essentially the king’s 
The plan is to post a dozen or so persons 
along a road, or trail, or line through the 
woods, while the rest of the crowd beats the 
brush and drives out the game. The beaters 
are thrown out in a skirmish line 30 to 50 
yards apart and advance striking blocks of 
wood together and shouting. Occasionally a 
rabbit and less often a fox darts out of the 
undergrowth and if one of the hunters on the 
line is quick enough, the bag begins to ac- 
cumulate. Game was rather scarce at Omberg, 
but at the end of the day, when the party re- 
turned home, there were four large hares and 
three foxes, which was accounted a good kill. 
Anyway everybody concerned had a good time 
and felt the day to have been a decided suc- 
cess, 
In the seventeenth century real forest 
management began in Sweden, and I think it 
Was with a certain sense of Satisfaction that 
my guide at the forestry college pointed out in 
the museum a carefully drawn map that ac- 
companied a working plan made in the year 
1638. A century ago the government sold large 
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