SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE BLACK FOREST 



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of size and yield both, is one of the most 

 important city forests in Baden, if not 

 in all Germany. It contains about 

 9,800 acres and yields about $5.75 per 

 acre per year net. 



In contrast with the forests in Prus- 

 sia and Hessen, we find that spruce and 

 fir predominate, and instead of the pure 

 stands of Scotch pine, etc., started from 

 seedlings or even seed planted in drills, 

 the forest is reproduced naturally by 



species, but they have not been mark- 

 edly successful, although Douglas fir 

 has received considerable commenda- 

 tion on account of its rapid growth. 

 Thuya, Balsam fir, and Colorado blue 

 spruce have been tried with mediocre 

 results, and white pine, instead of mak- 

 ing good growth as it has done near 

 Darmstadt, is ranked as a rather poor 

 tree of inferior technical qualities, 

 Besides it is pursued with almost fatal 



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Photo by F. F. Moon. 



"SCHNEISE" OR COMPARTMENT LINE, 

 CITY FOREST OF VILLINGEN, BADEN, 

 GERMANY. ■:?JIS FOREST YIELDS 

 OVER $5.00 CLEAR PROFIT PER ACRE 

 EACH YEAR. 



means of skilful cuttings. Indeed, af- 

 ter watching the results obtained by 

 Forstmeister Neukirch, at Villingen, 

 and noting the splendid stands of the 

 proper species they get naturally out of 

 a complex mixture, the knowledge the 

 average German forester has of the re- 

 actions between species, light and mois- 

 ture, seems almost uncanny. Experi- 

 ments have been made with American 



Photo by F. F. Moon. 



OLD TOWER AND CITY WALL OF VIL- 

 LINGEN, BLACK FOREvST, GERMANY, 

 ONE OF THE EARLY TRADING CEN- 

 TERS OF THE BLACK FOREST. IT IS 

 MENTIONED AS EARLY AS THE 9TH 

 CENTURY. NOW CENTER OF CLOCK- 

 MAKING INDUSTRY. 



persistence by the male deer as the Ger- 

 man bucks show a pronounced favorit- 

 ism for this American tree to rub the 

 velvet off their horns, selecting it in 

 preference to any of the native species. 

 As a consequence the bark is rubbed to 

 shreds and the young pine saplings 

 soon die. Successful plantations of 



