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average income per hectare of 179.19 marks. The total expenditures, excepting the cost of 

 the forest working plan station, was 11,367,764 marks— an increase of 3,697,011 marks over 

 1917. The expenditures averaged 62.81 marks per acre of forest land, that is, only 35.1 per 

 cent of the total income. — Joseph S. Illick. 



991. Anonymous. Die Nach2ucht des Vogelbeerbaumes und der Alpenerle. [Repro- 

 duction of mountain ash and alpine alder.] Schweiz. Zeitschr. Forstw. 71:372-376. 3 pi. 

 1920.— A r6sum6 of M. Decoppet's paper read at the meeting of foresters. The mountain 

 ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.) and the alpine alder {Alnus viridis DC.) occur throughout the 

 forests of Switzerland from the lowest elevation to timber line. The mountain ash is espe- 

 cially adapted to the steep hillsides, due to its resistance to snow break. It sprouts prolifi- 

 cally when the main stem is broken, and grows rapidly. Reseeding is rather slow, and 

 experiments have shown that seed should be secured from localities with similar growing 

 conditions. The same applies to the alders. — J. B. Hofmann. 



992. Anonymous. Oesterreichs Holzmarktlage. [Austrian timber market conditions.] 

 Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 38 : 74-75. 1920.— The timber market is in a demoralized condition. 

 Prices are unreasonably high but indications are that the peak is not reached. Prices for 

 different grades of lumber and round wood for the first week of March, 1920 , are given.— 

 F. S. Baker. 



993. Anonymous. Schluss der "wilden" Holzschlagerungen im Wienerwalde. [End of 

 the "wild" cutting in the Vienna forest.] Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 38: 69. 1920.— On account 

 of the fire wood famine in Vienna in the winter of 1919, unregulated cutting was allowed in 

 the Vienna forest, in which a great part of the forest was ruthlessly destroyed.—/''. S. Baker. 



994. Anonymous. The tragedy of our American forests. Sci. Amer. 123: 540. 1920, 



995. Anonymous. Was ist Eichengerbholz? [What is oak tanning wood?] Allg. Forst- 

 u. Jagdzeitg. 38: 63. 1920. — Oak for tanning extract is in high demand in Germany on ac- 

 count of the impossibility of importing foreign sources of extract due to the abnormally high 

 price. Wood is accepted as small as 12 cm. at the small end and f to U meters long. Both 

 heart and sapwood must be generally sound. The wood is bought by weight and will bring 

 7.5 marks per centner delivered on board cars or ships. Farmers are urged to clear lands 

 covered with small crooked oaks that have been hitherto unmerchantable. — F. S. Baker. 



996. Anonymous. Die Vergrosserung der italienischen Staatsforste. [The expansion of 

 Italy's state forests.] Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 38:68. 1920.— A short news item. The 

 extension of the Italian boundaries, according to the treaty of St. Germain, gives Italy im- 

 portant forests between the Julian Alps and Carniola. The state forest of Tarvis contained 

 12,000 hectares of forest, 1000 of pasture, and 10,000 of stony land unfit for agriculture; 1800 

 cubic meters per hectare is the average annual production. — F. S. Baker. 



997. Anonymous. Zu den geplanten Steuermasznahmen in Oesterreich. [Regarding the 

 plans for tax assessment in Austria.] Allg. Forst- u. Jagdzeitg. 38: 73-74. 1920.— The 

 increased taxes on land values threaten to cause the burdening of large forest holdings with 

 intolerable mortgages or to force their sale to the state. The land tax is increased from 25 

 to 40 per cent of the official net income (including the tax remissions on account of damage to 

 the property by the elements). There is furthermore a surtax on a sliding scale depending 

 upon the value of the property as well as the enhancement of its value during the past year. 

 Also, a "trade tax" of 1§ per cent is levied on all commercial transactions, but does not 

 apply to wood cut by the owner for his own use. — F. S. Baker. 



998. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Brown, N. C. Forest products, their manufacture and use. 

 xix + 471 p. John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chapman & Hall, London, 1919.] Sci. Prog. 

 [London] 15 : 320. 1920. 



