NOTES 



Notes From Deutsche Forstzeitung 



The following notes abstracted from various numbers of the Deutsche 

 Forstzeitung (February 9 to March 16, 1919) are of interest. 



Prussian Forests and the Revolution. — The social upheaval in Ger- 

 many following the cessation of hostilities affected even the forests. 

 For instance, on January 11 a party of about 50 people, armed w^ith 

 axes and saws, invaded the state forest in the Hanau district, and began 

 to fell trees indiscriminately right in front of the forester's house. 

 When he protested they drove him oft' with axes. Soldiers stationed 

 nearby sided with the trespassers. A few days later another party of 

 50 or 60 men committed similar depredations on another part of the 

 same forest, informing the forest officer that they were authorized to 

 do so by the official appointed by the Soldiers' and Workers' Council 

 of Hanau. 



The forests near Nuremberg suffered even worse. Hundreds of 

 men, women, and children helped themselves to the timber, not only 

 for their own use but to sell. Areas of 20 to 30 hectares were cut 

 clean ; even telephone and telegraph poles were cut and the wire carried 

 away. From 60,000 to 70,000 marks' worth of wood was thus stolen 

 from the Nuremberg crown forest each day. 



Seeding in Furrozvs. — Hegemeister Streck asserts that regeneration 

 of clear-cut areas can be done fully as successfully by seeding as by 

 planting. He has used a system of strip seeding with excellent results 

 both as to germination and as to survival through dry years such as 

 1911. 1915, 1917, and 1918. In 1911 and in 1918 the spring droughts 

 w^ere so severe as to kill even ten-year-old pines, while the one to four 

 year old plants in the seeded strips nearly all survived. The 1918 

 seeding which covered 23 hectares was a complete success. He cleans 

 oft' the raw humus from strips 50 cm. wide, spaced 1.5 meters apart, 

 and in the middle of the strip makes a furrow 10 cm. wide and of the 

 same depth. This is done in the fall, and early the next spring the 

 seed is sowed in the furrows and covered. Emphasis is laid on the 

 need for carefully removing all of the raw humus, and for sowing 

 the seed early so as to take advantage of the winter moisture. 



German W,ood and Lumber Prices. — The German lumber market 

 seems to have been somewhat demoralized early in 1919. It is reported 

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