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State forests tlie proportion of broad-leaved to coniferous wood is "j"] 

 to 23 per cent; in the communal, 81.3 to 18.7 per cent. It is interesting 

 to state that in the State forests the workwood per cent is 36; in the 

 communal forests only 28.8. 



An attempt is made to work out the contribution of private forests, 

 which seem largely of coniferous character and to a considerable extent 

 consist of plantations, comprising altogether in the neighborhood of 5 

 million acres. The pineries of the Landes, comprising 1.7 million acres, 

 are estimated to produce 16,944,000 cubic feet workwood and 51,891,- 

 000 cubic feet fuelwood. For the 500,000 acres of other plantations in 

 various parts of the country 3,177,000 cubic feet polewood and 28,- 

 240,000 cubic feet fuelwood are estimated. The total production of 

 private coniferous forests, then, is 117,266,600 cubic feet of workwood, 

 poles, and props and 43,207,200 cubic feet of fuelwood. The produc- 

 tion of broad-leaved material in private forests is stated as 40,100,800 

 cubic feet workwood and 366,519,900 cubic feet fuelwood. The totals 

 come out as producing (before the war) in workwood 63,540,000 cubic 

 feet of oak, of which less than one-quarter large size (20 inches and 

 over) ; 21,180,000 cubic feet of poplar, 16,838,100 cubic feet of various 

 broad-leaved species, and 109,899,000 cubic feet of coniferous woods, 

 of which .4 of large size and 70,600,000 cubic feet of poles, of which .8 

 is coniferous. The fuelwood amounts to 614.000.000 cubic feet; in 

 round figures, 7,000.000 cords. 



The author then makes comparison of these calculations with the fig- 

 ures of a parliamentary report for 1890, showing that this latter report 

 was from 10 to 15 per cent below the present calculations. 



Production cii iiiafirrc dcs Forcts fraiicaiscs. Revue des Eaux et Forets, 

 August. igi8. pp. 169-180. 



In May to July. 1918, wood auctions in Switzer- 



IVood land are reported to have brought stumpage val- 



Prices nes of 40 to 45 cents per cubic foot ; sawlogs in 



in the woods ran up to 60 and 70 cents and hard- 



Szvitzerland woods to as much as $1.10 per cubic foot, which 



may be translated into $75, $90, and $135 per 



thousand feet, respectively. 



Schweizerisclie Zeitschrift fiir Forstweseii, June-July, 1918, pp. i.Si-i54- 



