The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-13

become a forester must have a thor
ough training in the schools. where he
prepares himself by a groundwork of
mathematics, chemistry, geology and
botany for the special study OF his
profession. He studies surveying, the
character of soils and the nature and
growth of different kinds of trees In
the latter years of his course he spends
some time in practical work in the for
ests themselves
After several years spent in study
and preparation, he is allowed, IN
course of time, to enter the severe ex-
aminations which are held at regular
intervals If he succeeds in passing,
he must still wait until the slow proc
ess of death or promotion has made
a vacancy before he can hope for
position in the state forestry division.
This period of waiting usually extends
over several years and the gap must
be filled in by private practice or by
some other kind of work
A GERMAN HEAD FORESTER
When at last the appointment comes
the forester has many compensations
for his hard training and the position
of head forester, in charge of one sec
ton. is so attractive tnat men ire
uuently refuse promotion IN order 70
retain it. The pay is not large, al
though, as professional pay goes IN
Germany It is not TO be despissd- Ine
forester has a house to live IN, morse
allowance. and yearly salary or
about 81 Oe0 But there are many
things to make the position attractive
and satisfactory to the man who has
the love of nature in his heart He lives
amid pleasant and healthful surround
ings, the work keeps him in the open
air most of the time, and makes MN
strong and vigorous; there are oppor-
tunities for shooting if he is fond or a
gun. and for riding if he likes horses.
He gets to know every foot OF ms
ground and to be familiar with the re-
ouirements and condition or all MS
trees, so that his work becomes easy
as well as agreeable.
THE VALUE OF STATE FORESTS.
There is one point about the forest
preserves of Europe, as they are direct
ed by trained men which those who OPP
pose the devoting OF any attention TO
the subject in this country would do
well to note. refer to their productive
ness.
In Bavaria, for example, the state
forests yield a net revenue or Ett.e
less than 81 per acre per annunn, while
these of Saxony, under a different form
of management and different economic
conditions, produce more than double
that amount One of the most interest
ing forests of Europe b longs to the ty
OF Zurich, ana its net prOGuct per acre
per annum is about s.. OF course the
conditions that prevail in Europe are
different from those in this country. In
Saxony, for example, little twigs that
would hardly be picked up in the street
here are not only sold, but are valuable
enough to be carried considerable dlS-
tances by rail. Still the future possiDll-
tiles of forest revenues are interesting.
In this respect the results of the Eng
fish forest departing mt in India are most
instructive With conditions still more
difficult in many ways than those winch
confront us in this country, they nave
succeeded, with a little more than ~
years of systematic effort, in producing
a net revenue of about St,000,00O per an
mum from the government forests
have no doubt whatever that within the
same time similar or better results
could be obtained in this country. 1t
must not be forgotten that hand in
hand with the increasing revenues from
the government forests in Europe and
In India goes an increase in quality and
productive capacity of the forests, and
that should be the policy TO be pursued
in the United States as well.
AMERICAN FORESTRY CONDI-
TIONS.
Still America has her own problem.
and must solve it in her own way.
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