. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. wiiere. I Mr. Oxholm's bulletin, p. 174). An English publication, "Statement prepared by the Forestry Commission for the British Em- pire Forestry Conference, London, July, 1920," throws a side light on Sweden's export trade, in a table on page 38, which shows the quali- ties and values of unmanufactured timber im- ported into the United Kingdom for the aver- age of five years, 1909-13. The figures for the three countries that head the list, in value
. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. wiiere. I Mr. Oxholm's bulletin, p. 174). An English publication, "Statement prepared by the Forestry Commission for the British Em- pire Forestry Conference, London, July, 1920," throws a side light on Sweden's export trade, in a table on page 38, which shows the quali- ties and values of unmanufactured timber im- ported into the United Kingdom for the aver- age of five years, 1909-13. The figures for the three countries that head the list, in value in pounds, are Russia, £10,814,000, Sweden, i3,775,000, Norway, £1,395,000. At the present time Russia is, of course, eliminated as a competitor, but with the world- wide depression in business and the uncertain- ties resulting from abnormal exchange, the Swedish lumber trade is reported to be almost at a standstill: yards fully stocked and nc-^ op- portunity to sell. But on this point the writer huntsmen, an interesting survival of which Ijersists in the title carried by the forester today, "; Incidentally it may be said that the name is still appropriate, for every Swedish forester appears to be a keen sportsman whose chief recreation is to get out with dog and gun. During my stay in Sweden I had the privi- lege of attending a hunt on one of the national forests, or "crown ; At Omberg Krone- park is located one of the seven schools for the training of men for the trade of ranger. During the year four days are set apart for hunting, when the student body, 20 men and their instructors, repair to the woods armed with shotguns and have a fine time In shoot- ing rabbits and foxes. Needless to say the days of the hunts are eagerly anticipated, and it so happened that our visit to Omberg just coincided with one of CHARCOAL AVOOD RICKEJ) FOR SEASONING, FROM FIRST THINNING is not prepared to speak. Rather let him re- turn to his own last
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