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no clearing, clear cutting, or other extraordinary cutting not covered 

 by the working plan or by the usual practice of the owner would be 

 allowed without authorization of the Minister of Agriculture, except in 

 the case of windfalls and dead trees. Where no working plan exists, 

 the cutting of more than one-fourth of the total volume is broadleaf 

 or coniferous high forests, or of more than half the volume in coppice 

 under standards, would be prohibited without similar authorization. 

 In compensation for those restrictions the State would protect the for- 

 ests from trespass, and on the request of the owner would, without 

 charge, supervise their management in the same way as it does the com- 

 munal forests. Pending through consideration of these proposals a 

 provisional law was passed, effective from January 28 to November 1, 

 1921, authorizing the Minister of Agriculture to prohibit clear cutting 

 of forests the preservation of which is of special public interest from 

 an estheic, hygienic, or hydrologic standpoint, except in coniferous 

 stands where the cut-over area belonging to a single owner will not 

 exceed 25 hectares, and in coppice under standards where the volume 

 of the latter does not exceed 25 cubic meters per hectare. The applica- 

 tion of similar provisions in France, where the present forest code 

 does not prohibit clear cutting but only complete clearing, would pre- 

 vent the abusive exploitations which are now unfortunately too frequent. 



S. T. D. 

 Billet. La protcclion dcs forcts partkulicrcs en Bchiiqiic. Rev. Eaux et 

 Forets, .59:197-205 1921. 



The author as an introduction describes the 

 Forest Information geology, climate, forest, the hunt, and chief ad- 

 from the ministrative features of the forest-inspection dis- 



Prussiau Soiling trict of Ilildcsheim-Solling, which includes 27,198 

 hectares of State forest and 6,637 ha. of corpora- 

 tion, etc.. forest and the surrounding State forests of Northeim, 

 Moringen. and Einbeck (approximately 2,200 ha.), which comprise the 

 territory in which he lived during 44 years of his forest experience. 

 The forest in this district is 60 per cent beech, 30 per cent Norway 

 spruce, and 10 per cent oak. The principle object of management is to 

 perpetuate the beech, whose value is ever increasing. On the Bunter 

 sandstone formation which predominates in the Soiling, extremely good 

 masts alone produce results, and these occur on an average every 8 

 years. Quarter masts produce results only on shell-limestone soils. 



