A Brief History of Forestry

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Author

Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923

Title

A Brief History of Forestry. In Europe, the United States and Other Countries

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SD: Agriculture: Forestry

Subject

Forests and forestry -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48874

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48874

Release Date

May 4, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BRIEF HISTORY OF FORESTRY. In Europe, the United States and Other Countries
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
4. 4.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.THE FOREST OF THE ANCIENTS. — — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Development of Property. — 3. Forest Use. — 4. Literature.
7. 7.GERMANY. — I. From Earliest Times to End of Middle Ages. — 1. Development of Property Conditions. — 2. Forest Treatment. — II. First Development of Forestry Methods. (Period 1500 to 1800.) — 1. Development of Forest Property Conditions. — 2. Forest Conditions. — 3. Methods of Restriction in Forest Use. — 4. Development of Forest Policy. — 5. Personnel. — 6. Development of Silviculture. — 7. Improvement of the Crop. — 8. Methods of Regulating Forest Management. — 9. Improvements in Methods of Mensuration. — 10. Methods of Lumbering and Utilization. — 11. Forest Administration. — 12. Forestry Education. — 13. Forestry Literature. — III. Development in the Nineteenth Century. — 1. Changes in Property Conditions. — 2. Forest Conditions. — 3. Personnel. — 4. Progress in Silviculture. — 5. Methods of Forest Organization. — 6. Forest Administration. — 7. Forest Policy. — 8. Forestry Science and Literature. [5] — 9. Means of Advancing Forestry Science.
8. 8.AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. — — 1. Property Conditions. — 2. First Attempts at Forest Control. — 3. Development of Forest Policy. — 4. State Forest Administration. — 5. Progress of Forest Organization. — 6. Development of Silviculture. — 7. Education and Literature. — HUNGARY.
9. 9.SWITZERLAND. — — 1. Forest Conditions and Property Rights. — 2. Development of Forest Policy. — 3. Forestry Practice. — 4. Education and Literature.
10. 10.FRANCE. — — 1. Development of Forest Property. — 2. Development of Forest Administration. — 3. Development of Modern Forest Policy. — 4. Work of Reforestation. — 5. Forestry Science and Practice. — 6. Education and Literature. — 7. Colonial Policies.
11. 11.RUSSIA AND FINLAND. — — 1. Forest Conditions and Ownership. — 2. Development of Forest Policy. — 4. Forestry Practice. — FINLAND.
12. 12.THE SCANDINAVIAN STATES. — SWEDEN. — 1. Property Conditions. — 3. Forest Administration and Forestry Practice. — 4. Education and Literature. — NORWAY. — DENMARK.
13. 13.THE MEDITERRANEAN PENINSULAS. — TURKISH AND SLAVISH TERRITORIES. — GREECE. — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Development of Forest Policies. — ITALY. — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Development of Forest Policy. — 3. Education and Literature. — SPAIN. — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Development of Forest Policy. — PORTUGAL.
14. 14.GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES. — — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Development of Forest Policies. — INDIA. — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Property Conditions. — 3. Development of Forest Policy. — 4. Forest Organization and Administration. — 5. Forest Treatment. — 6. Education and Literature. — CANADA. — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Ownership. — 3. Administration of Timberlands. — 4. Development of Forest Policy. — 5. Education. — NEWFOUNDLAND. — OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND COLONIES.
15. 15.JAPAN. — — 1. Forest Conditions, and Ownership. — 2. Development of Forest Policy. — KOREA.
16. 16.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. — — 1. Forest Conditions. — 2. Early Forest History. — 3. Development of a Forest Policy. — 4. Education and Literature. — INSULAR POSSESSIONS.
17. 17.INDEX.
18. 18.Transcriber’s Notes

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