Forest Practice. 239 
200 miles from the nearest town and 60 miles from the 
nearest road. His function is mainly to protect the 
property, to supervise the cutting and sales, and to teach 
the people the need of conservative methods. In spite 
of this insufficient service considerable reduction in 
forest fires and theft has been attained. 
Beyond restriction of waste by axe and fire, and con- 
servative lumbering of the State forest, positive 
measures for reproduction have hardly yet been intro- 
duced, both personnel and wood values being insufficient 
for more intensive management. 
At present, with a cut hardly exceeding 100 million 
cubic feet, the revenue is still almost nominal, say 
$300,000. 
Selection forest is, of course, the rule, but since no 
trees are marked and cut less than 10 inch diameter at 
25 feet from the ground (!), at least the possibility for 
improved management will not be destroyed when, 
through the exhaustion of the private forests and in- 
creased wood prices, more intensive management has 
become practicable. 
Where the market is good, a clearing system with 
100-160 year rotation is practised; on the clearings 
about 20 seed trees are left, and after 6 years the natural 
regeneration is repaired by planting. 
This latter method is especially prescribed on the 
government farms. These form an interesting part of 
the State property, some 900 small farms with woodlots 
aggregating over 500,000 acres, mostly in the southern 
districts. These came into existence in the 17th and 
18th centuries, being granted as fiefs to officers of the 
