REMEDIAL MEASURES. 291 
‘When the Agricultural School at Aas was re-organised 
in 1871, forest cultivation, sowing as well as planting of 
woods became, in accordance with the rules of the school, 
an obligatory work, and therefore cultivations of wood 
entered a new stage. Up to this time the work done had 
been considered merely as experiments, and did not belong 
to the ordinary instruction; but in the sequel special 
importance had to be attached thereto, and the pupils had 
to be instructed as well in sowing as in planting. Thus 
the forest cultivation came into more intimate connection 
with the forest belonging to the school, forming a regular 
and constant contribution to the renewal of woods; the works 
will also serve as experiments, from which may be drawn 
knowledge relative to artificial cultivation of woods under 
ordinary favourable circumstances in the easterly low dis- 
tricts, and such knowledge may gradually become vaiued 
and utilised by others; finally, if the cultivationg should suc- 
ceed, the example would give an impulse, better care being 
taken of the woods after growth in general,and to the raising 
of thicker wood, when the soil would be turned to more use 
than has been the case up to this time in the neighbour- 
ing districts. Pursuant to these reflections it may be 
said that the present forest cultivation has to serve three 
different ends—in the first place as experiences for the pupils 
of the school; in the second place as forming a continuous 
contribution to the cultivation of the forest belonging to 
the school farm ; and, finally, as an example relative to 
the raising of woods of normal denseness. These three 
ends have always been kept in view, when the forest culti- 
vations were commenced and executed. Therefore as a 
rule the cheapest system of cultivation has been employed, 
and only, where it was absolutely necessary has a more ex- 
pensive method been followed. Regarding the quali- 
ties of trees used special importance has been attached 
to the raising of as many different kinds of trees as 
possible, and to forming as heterogeneous—partly pure, 
partly mixed—stocks as practicable, in order to pro- 
cure the greatest possible material from which to 
