7G2 JOURNAI, OF FORESTRY 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



By the Versailles treaty Prussia lost definitely 

 Some Problems 581,513 hectares of forest with an income of 

 of the Prussian 23,459,000 marks, besides a possible loss of 3-16,- 

 Forest Scn'icc 862 hectares and income of 24,519,858 marks in 

 the plebiscite areas, and 34,958 hectares and 

 2,208,000 marks in the districts of Aachen and Trier. Although 

 wood prices have risen along with all other prices the Forest Service 

 must try to keep them down within reason. It is proposed to cut one- 

 third more wood than usual to supply fuel needs, especially of the 

 bakers, but in many places increased production of fuelwood will 

 have to be at the expense of construction timber or mine timbers. 

 Receipts from turpentining brought in a considerable revenue, but 

 can be counted on only so long as the industry is needed to supply 

 domestic requirements and is profitable. A demand has arisen for 

 more agricultural land, with the tendency to demand clearing of parts 

 of the State forests. There is also considerable deforestation of pri- 

 vate forests, so that a law is under consideration giving the govern- 

 ment authority to regulate such clearing and requiring that all forests 

 of more than 15 hectares be subject to State supervision. The ques- 

 tion of salaries and allowances is very pressing, as illustrated by the 

 allowance granted Oberforster for maintenance of teams— 3,000 marks 

 in 1917 and 6,000 marks in 1918, while the actual cost of keeping a 

 team is now 9,000 marks per year. In connection with the salary 

 question it was stated that between October 1, 1918, and October 1, 

 1919, forest vandals killed 13 forest officers and wounded 3 others. 



W. N. S. 



Anonymous. Die Vcrhandlungen der Preussischen Landesversammlung iiber 

 den Staatshaushaltsplan dcr Forstverzvaltung. Forstwiss. Centralbl. 42 : 106- 

 114. 1920. 



Rubner discusses prices of wood (chiefly fire- 

 Barly Wood wood) in various localities, going as far back as 

 Prices in 1630 in some instances. Especially noteworthy 



Germany is a rapid increase in prices about the middle of 



the 19th century, which was attributed by some 

 to increased population, rise of wood-using industries, and decreased 

 wood production, and by others to an era of speculation. Just as re- 

 lief came then through the development of railroads and the rise of 

 a world trade in wood, so can relief from present abnormal wood 

 prices, which are also due to a considerable degree to speculation 

 coupled with inadequate supplies, come only with the resumption of 

 imports from Russia or other exporting coiuitries. W. N. S. 



Rubner, K. Holzprcise in Suddeutschland in friihcrcr Zcit. Forstwiss. Cen- 

 tralbl. 42: 226-233, 1920. 



