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plant waste lands, which have not hitherto been within the 

 forest area, but the management of this latter area is defined 

 by law and by regulations made thereunder. The Royal 

 Forest Authorities must support by their advice and help 

 efforts towards the afforestation of waste grounds; assistance 

 and encouragement are given towards the afforestation of 

 such land, as well as towards the planting of fruit trees, and 

 the carrying out of such undertakings is rendered easy by 

 means of loans at a low rate of interest. In addition, non- 

 refundable subsidies are granted to communes for the laying 

 out of new plantations, from the State fund provided for 

 agricultural purposes in general. 



Saxony. — No waste lands of any extent exist in the 

 Kingdom, but a fund, formed by the sale of State 

 property, is devoted to the acquisition of unproductive land 

 in the neighbourhood of the State forests, in order that such 

 land may be reclaimed by methodical planting. 



The State, however, actively supports efforts on the part 

 of communes and private persons who possess wooded areas, 

 both by giving advice and by providing plants at cost price. 

 Working plans are also drawn up for such owners by the 

 Forsteinrichtungsanstalt. Instruction is also given at the 

 Tharandt School of Forestry. 



The District Agricultural Societies also encourage private 

 enterprise by lectures, and by the grant of subsidies to owners 

 for the planting of deforested areas and the planting of bare 

 pieces of land unsuitable for agriculture. 



Wiirtemberg. — No special steps are taken by the State 

 towards the planting of waste lands. In accordance with the 

 law, an area, which in the opinion of the Forest Authorities 

 is suited to timber growing, but which becomes deforested, 

 must be replanted within a certain time. In each forest 

 district, private forest land is inspected every five years, in 

 order to secure the carrying out of these and other regulations. 

 The Head Forester, therefore, in each district has ample 

 opportunities to stimulate the afforestation of land suitable 

 for planting, and to give owners the benefit of his advice on 

 all forestry matters. Saplings from the State nurseries are 

 supplied at a small cost, instruction is given at the Agricul- 



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