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realized. It must be remembered, however, that he is writing from his 

 own experience, which has been confined to the forests of Champagne. 

 For that region he is evidently convinced that the new disease will make 

 the conversion of coppice stands into high forest, always difficult, en- 

 tirely impracticable. He points out a number of other drawbacks to 

 this system of forest management, which has been so popular in France 

 during the last twenty years, but which he believes to be much inferior 

 to the system of coppice under standards. Until sentiment crystallizes 

 as to the best course to be pursued in the face of the new danger, he 

 recommends that reproduction cuttings in oak stands be omitted alto- 

 gether or made as light as possible. S. T. D. 



La Conversion en Futaie et I'O'idium, by Fr. Doe. Revue des Eaux et Forets. 

 vol. 57, 1919, pp. 53-59. 



MENSURATION, FINANCE, AND MANAGEMENT 



In singing the praises of Douglas fir (the Pa- 



Yield cific Coast variety) for reconstructing the de- 



of pleted forests of France, Hubault quotes from 



Conifers the Report of the British Forestry Subcommittee 



tables of production of five conifers, partly based 



on experience in Great Britain, supposedly average performance, tim- 



berwood (3-inch) being represented, with a thinning practice, returning 



every ten years, and varying rotation. 



Cubic Feet per Acre 



Douglas fir. Larch. Sitka spruce. Norway spruce. Scotch pine. 



20 ICO 150 50 .... .... 



30 300 300 150 100 150 



40 500 500 300 250 380 



50 600 500 500 380 400 



60 7,000 400 600 500 400 



70 3,540 7,350 600 500 



80 .... .... 6,200 3,230 



Totals 8,500 5,390 8,950 7,930 4,960 



Av. i 142 yy 128 100 62 



Revue des Eaux et Forets, April, 1919, pp. 75-79. 



The scarcity of coal, owing to war conditions. 



Government gave rise to a greatly increased demand for fuel- 



Regulation of wood, while the shortage of labor and the difficul- 



Fiichvood in ties of transportation resulted in a decreased pro- 



Germany duction. The natural result, had the wood been 



sold at auction to the highest bidders, as has been 



