Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - V. Forestry
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
the illogical character of these so-called principles, or
the practical mistake of, for instance, the idea that the
yearly output ought to be regular even if it would
obviously pay better to fell more trees one year and
less the next. In Finland we have not noticed any such
erroneous theories. As we have already said, it was
from Tharand, the centre of sound scientific forestry,
that the first expert advisers came to Finland, and so
far as we can see the present administration fully
realises the principles of sound economy. It
understands, for example, the importance of felling
immediately the mass of old trees which do not increase
adequately every year in value, and the enormous mass
which are already too old and partly spoiled, and it
sees the necessity of studying the demands of the
market, the chances of finding purchasers, the wish
of the latter to purchase special timber from certain
regions; in general, all the market fashions. The
Finlanders do not, we believe, hold the bureaucratic
idea that they must obtain a regular yearly output;
they prefer to treat the forests in a business-like
manner. There is need of energy. It is right that
the government should hold and exploit a large forest
property instead of legislating for private owners; it
holds already a larger area than any other
government in Europe, and probably it ought to increase this
area by following the advice of the Forest Committee,
and purchasing woods on suitable soil where they can
be bought cheaply; but it ought to be able to spend
on such work more than 500,000 or 750,000 marks,
which till now has been its annual expenditure. Here
is work as important and interesting as any task in the
hands of any State in Europe; and Finland has a body
of officials sufficiently honest and capable to execute it.
Next to Finland, Russia and Sweden have the
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
