150 Forestry Quarterly. 



Versainmlung des badischen Forstvereins. 



The report of this meeting contains a verj' good discussion on 

 the proper management and regeneration of spruce woods. 

 "The question of natural regeneration stands cr falls with the 

 wind firmness of the species and the suitability of the soil as a 

 seed bed. The spruce where it can penetrate with its root system 

 into rock fissures is as wind firm as any other sjiecies. It is dif- 

 ferent on shallow impenetrable soil ; here, especially in exposed 

 situations natural regeneration must be abandoned and clearing 

 with the usual precautions must be substituted." 



The Versammlung des deutschen Forstvereins contains a dis- 

 cussion on the conversion of poor hardwood into coniferous 

 forests, today the great forest problem in the eastern United 

 States. The discussion is on the basis of eighty years experience 

 in Saxony on 23,000 acres. At first clearing and sowing of pine 

 with spruce and larch was practiced, but planting gradually took 

 the place of sowing and is now the almost exclusive method 

 pursued. The conversion was made in forty years. 



Although the spruce was not on its natural site and both pine 

 and spruce suffered much in their earl}' stages the expectations 

 have been entirely fulfilled, the stock on hand being nearly 

 doubled and the yield per acre more than quadrupled. 



May. 



Waldbrandfolgen im Lichte forstwirthschaftlicher Erfah- 

 rungen, by Oberforster Renne. 



Discusses the effects of fires on trees of different species and 

 forest growth of different conditions. 



Zeitschrift fiir Forst- und Jagdu'esen. 



Die agrarstatistischen Erhebungen und das Forstareal in 

 Preussen. By H. A. Reinick, is a review of the official census of 

 1900 of the soil area and its use in Prussia, running through the 

 February, March and April numbers. 



The census shows that small farm ownership, fifty acres or less, 

 is in preponderance, namely, with 85 percent.; that only one- 

 quarter of all the farms have woodlots with a total of 11.5 million 

 acres, while 9.2 million acres are forest properties purely. The 

 waste area capable of reforestation is over 1.3 million acres. 



