. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. areas of state forests, as did many of the other European countries at that time, but later, especially in the 70's. the policy was adopted of acquiring state forest land with the result that at the end of the calendar year 1918 there were 11,800,000 acres (4,767,009 hectare. 1 hectare = acres) of crown forest (kronoparker), or, if there is included all the area administered by the Forest Ser- vice, a grand total of 8,711,750 hectare, or 21,118,023 acres.
. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. areas of state forests, as did many of the other European countries at that time, but later, especially in the 70's. the policy was adopted of acquiring state forest land with the result that at the end of the calendar year 1918 there were 11,800,000 acres (4,767,009 hectare. 1 hectare = acres) of crown forest (kronoparker), or, if there is included all the area administered by the Forest Ser- vice, a grand total of 8,711,750 hectare, or 21,118,023 acres. These figures are from the last available annual report of the Swedish Forest Service, that for 1918 (). Besides the state forests proper, the "crown parks," from which the income goes solely to the government, there are various classes of "controlled forest" which are managed by the Forest Service. It is unnecessary to go into details regarding these stands. They belong to the Established Church, to cities ing plans is an important part of the Forest Service program. This is done by men especially assigned to this duty. The job of the supervisor is to see that the plan is carried OT-it and the forests under his charge properly handled. The chief forester at the head of the Swedish Forest Service is the Hon. Karl Fred- enberg. His title is "General ; He has held his post since 1905, during which time the Forest Service has made notable progress. Through the extreme courtesy of General Direktor Fredenberg, I had a most unusual op- portunity to see a number of the Swedish state forests and other places of especial interest. A member of the staff of the Stockholm office was detailed to accompany me on a two-weeks' trip, Jagmastare Axel Schard, who as holder of a Scandinavian-American Foundation fel- lowship, had spent 14 months in the United States, during a good part of which time he YOUNG STAND OF PINE IN CENTER DISTANCE. MALINGSBO, SWE
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