. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. The Victorid, Convention. VXi FORESTRY IN KOREA. The iii()>t visilile iiiisfortuno of Korea ih the lo>iH of ht> which the Hus sian promoters had taken, Korea is prac- tically a treeless land. Originally the forests were ilestroyed to get rid of tij.;ers aiiij leopard*'. Now every young tree or Itu^h that springs up is taken for iirewood. The people luirn weeds and hay, and suflFer greatly in the winter time. Good cattle are 'd in Korea, being us»>d nuiiidy as heaits of burden, nevi>r fur milk. ti
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. The Victorid, Convention. VXi FORESTRY IN KOREA. The iii()>t visilile iiiisfortuno of Korea ih the lo>iH of ht> which the Hus sian promoters had taken, Korea is prac- tically a treeless land. Originally the forests were ilestroyed to get rid of tij.;ers aiiij leopard*'. Now every young tree or Itu^h that springs up is taken for iirewood. The people luirn weeds and hay, and suflFer greatly in the winter time. Good cattle are 'd in Korea, being us»>d nuiiidy as heaits of burden, nevi>r fur milk. tie chance rown pim-i. in forbidden. A com- plete and careful fort-try iiiu|i of Knr>-a )uu been completed and c\c- ⢠ri to fnri'-try for brintri'iL' > 'in u»e. Lt. Nion juxt piuiM'd, b« di^cu^^ed th«' >iti:ation. Me argued that tin- pr(jvirice was not giving nearly ctnxigh money for this work of re fore-tat ioii. He thought there ^houbl l>e thre*! hundred or four hundred acri's of .\aste land 'â " ' ' I each year. He aUo critici^ed what ' 1 the ' cut an<l-^la^h ' polii-y followed in north. The Heart of (he Down-cuwn Distriet ami WatiTfrer ca"'e«t great w , of land by wash of the hills. One ;. and .-eventy thou^and acres of land arv taken to the ^ea every year. The wa»h of the land destroys the breeiling grounds of herring. The .Ia|>ane.'e have taken the task of rr foresting v«>ry .»eriously. O. Saito, the head forester, has in experimental ml' nearly all the trees of value in te regions. This year thrive million pim- ir»-»«' were planted. (Vrtain privileges are grant ed to farmers who rear the tree^ which are â ' !' .»ii the nnd iitr Inr .. , . -inent tin. Ix' cut on mirh a plan that ' would have a good "^ ⢠over the area. In '' try conhl lf« rrfore*t»'.l »i â¢â¢xjx'n'e. -. e t h 1' mot 11> ail T DO fVC^ f. pulfi Import ;nitl given them, while the « Please note that these
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