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injured, since the outer sapwood is mostly slabbed off in milling, but as 

 time goes on the action of the fungi destroys the tissues. The process 

 may continue in the mill yard in case of logs and is stopped only by 

 prompt sawing and drying, and may even start again if the wood is 

 used in a damp place. 



The question of whether spruce shall be worked for its resin can 

 only be decided after studying its effect on the lumber trade. At any 

 rate, it will probably be best to work only trees which are to cut in two 

 years, and to work them as severely as possible (Totharzen). 



W. N. S. 



Tubeuf : Die Verwendung des deutschen Harzes. Naturwissenschaftliche Zeit- 

 schrift fiir Forst- und Landwirtschaft. January-February, 1918, pp. 67-70. 



Tubeuf : Uber die Beziehungen der Baumphysiologie zur praktischen Harznut- 

 zung. Ibid., pp. 1-17. 



Miinch: Das Harzertriignis der gemeinen Kiefer. Ibid., pp. 18-27. 



Kienitz: Versuche iiber den Einfluss der Art der Verwendung auf den Balsam- 

 fluss der gemeinen Kiefer. Ibid., pp. 61-67. 



Aueroch : Untersuchungen und Erfahrungen bei der Harznutzung 1917. Ibid., 



PP- 35-43- 

 Koehl : Untersuchungen iiber verschiedene Verfahren zur Harzgewinnung. Ibid., 



pp. 43-53- 

 Wislicenus : Zur deutschen Kiefernterpentingewinnung mit geschlossenen Boh- 



rungen und Harzbeuteln. Ibid., pp. 53-61. 

 Gundel : Harznutzung 1917. Ibid., pp. 28-35. 

 Biehler : Zur Harznutzung im Jahre 1917. Allgenieine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, 



August, 1918, pp. 149-165. 

 Kriegsausschuss. etc. : Die Kiefernharznutzung 1918. Naturwissenschaftliche 



Zeitschrift, January-February, 1918, pp. 70-78. 

 Schepss: Zur Kiefernharznutzung 1918. Ibid., March-August, 19x8, pp. 105-118. 

 Tubeuf: Hartznutzung der Fichte in Graf rath. Ibid., January-February, 1918, 



pp. 78-98- 



Game in Germany has always been an impor- 

 Game Prices tant item in the meat market, some 15 to 20 mil- 

 in Germany lion pounds being the annual output, which, since 

 game is administered as carefully as the forest 

 itself, remains from year to year the same. In the effort to husband 

 all provisions and to prevent speculation in food materials, the govern- 

 ment has. since December. 191 5, set price limits for wholesale and 

 retail sales of game. The wholesale and the consumer's prices are : 

 Stag in pelt, per pound. 15 cents and 36 cents. 

 Roe in pelt, per i)ound, 17 cents and 45 cents. 

 Wild boar, in pelt, per pound. 13 cents and 27 cents. 

 Hare in pelt, per piece, 90 cents and $1.25. 

 Rabbit in pelt, per piece. 24 cents and 40 cents. 

 Pheasant in pelt, per piece. 60 cents and 84 cents. 



