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tive and lower executive. The first will in the future 

 be filled by fully and scientifically trained men holding 

 a degree or diploma in forestry from the Universities. 

 The second will for the most part be trained at the 

 Agricultural Colleges. In the past both these classes 

 of posts have, speaking generally, been held for the 

 most part by a man who has started either at the 

 lowest rung of the ladder as a forest labourer or labourer 

 apprentice, or as an apprentice of a higher class who 

 has subsequently taken elementary courses in botany, 

 zoology, and so on, or attended extension lectures in 

 such. The good men from one or the other of these 

 categories have ultimately risen to the position of 

 head forester (i.e. executive officer) in charge of 

 considerable areas of woods on large privately owned 

 estates in this country. 



Outside the Crown Forests (which do not of course 

 belong to the State) there are no Government-inanaged 

 areas of woods in England, Scotland, or Wales. In 

 Ireland, State forestry has been commenced. But 

 whether State-owned, State-managed, or privately 

 managed (perhaps under State supervision in some 

 cases), there can be little doubt that a much larger 

 area of land will be placed under woods in the near 

 future in( these islands. The war has made this 

 imperative. It may therefore be taken as certain that 

 more trained foresters will be required — in fact, it 

 might almost be said, are required at the present 

 moment. 



There is one further point. Experts for forestry 

 research work are already needed, and in some degree 

 will be required in the near future. This work consists 



