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ricultural standpoint. Hungary can not yet afford to grow trees 

 on arable land. 



In connection with the yield of these sample plots the record 

 of actual returns from 119 acres of 30- year-old seedling forest is 

 of interest. Of the total crop of 147,801 cubic feet, 6 per cent 

 was timber or posts, 38 per cent first quality firewood, and 56 

 per cent roots and branch wood. 



There is no need to follow these figures out further to show the 

 money yield and the profit on the investment, because everything 

 depends upon local values. The Hungarian foresters calculate 

 that their plantations yield a net return of 2^ per cent, on land 

 worth $20 an acre, and they are well satisfied with that profit. 



As further evidence of the rate of growth of Locust in pure 

 stands the following figures may be quoted. They are taken 

 from an article Die Ziicht der Akazie, by Karl Bund, in Zeit- 

 schrift fiir Forst und Jagdwesen, April, 1899. 



YIELD OF LOCUvST SPROUT FOREST. 



TABLE PREPARED BY THE PRINCE OF COBURG'S OFFICE OF 

 FOREST ORGANIZATION. 



Age Diameter Height Number 



breasthigh 

 Years Inches Feet per acre 



Locality Class I. 



5 2.6 34 796 



10 4.2 49 579 



15 5.6 59 447 



20 6.7 67 366 



25 7.7 74 314 



30 8.5 79 288 



35 9.1 83 268 



40 97 86 261 



45 lo.i 89 255 



50 _ 10,4 90 253 



Locality Class III. 



5 2.1 26 1213 



ID 3.4 39 935 



15 4.6 48 730 



20 5.4 56 607 



25 6.3 62 507 



30 7.0 66 434 



35 7.5 69 398 



40 8.0 72 367 



45 8.3 74 _ — 350 



50 8.5 75 338 



