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named are preferred is their rapid development and the fact 

 that the sex can be distinguished by the comb much earlier 

 than is the case with heavier breeds. 



The production of these milk chickens is not a special 

 industry, but is combined with the breeding of pullets for egg 

 production ; one great advantage it possesses is that it enables 

 the cockerels to be sold at good prices, whereas they would 

 otherwise be costly to feed and would ultimately realise low 

 prices. 



According to statistics published in 1906 by the Inspector- 

 General of Forests in Switzerland, just over one-fifth part 

 of that country is covered by woods, 



Forestry Law in which is a high proportion when the 

 Switzerland. area of mountain-land above the forest 



level is taken into account. This pro- 

 portion naturally varies in the different cantons, ranging 

 from 10J per cent, in Uri to 40J per cent, in Schaffhausen. 



The supervision of the woods and forests throughout 

 Switzerland is governed by the provisions of the Federal 

 Law of October nth, 1902, and under this law forests, includ- 

 ing wooded pasture land, are classed as (1) public forests, i.e., 

 those belonging to the State, to communes, or to corpora- 

 tions, as well as those managed by a public authority; and 

 (2) private forests, i.e., those belonging to private persons 

 or to associations of private owners. Both these classes, 

 again, are divided into "protective" and "non-protective" 

 forests, the first category comprising those woods which, by 

 reason of their situation, offer protection against damage 

 from avalanches, ice, floods, &c. In accordance with this 

 Federal law, most of the cantons have made laws to regulate 

 the forests within their own areas. 



As an example of this class of legislation, some of the 

 provisions of the Forestry Law of the Canton of Vaud may 

 be given. In the first place, it is provided that the forest 

 area of the canton, whether public or private, is not to be 

 decreased without authority, and clearings of all kinds are 

 to be replanted within three years. Complete clearings may 

 only be made with the consent of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and cuttings exceeding 20 cubic metres require the 



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