344 Forestry Quarterly. 



The largest city forest reported is that of Gorlitz, in Silesia, of 

 around 65,000 acres; the largest private forest, of Prince Fiirsten- 

 berg, is 78,000 acres, and all of those reporting are over 28,000 

 acres. 



In wood production per acre the variation is very great and lies 

 between 12.9 cubic feet in the Hanover communal forests (12,000 

 acres), and 111.5 cubic feet in the State forest (only 16,000 

 acres) of Saxe-Altenburg. This leaves out the unusual cuts in 

 several cases, where windfall and insects had disturbed the usual 

 rate. On large areas, over 50,000 acres (in order to include 

 private holdings), the cut is usually above 40 and below 100 cubic 

 feet. In the larger State administrations, Wiirtemberg and Baden 

 lead with 94 cubic feet. In the communal forests Baden, where 

 state management exists, stands first with 103 cubic feet, to be 

 sure on only a 10,000-acre area. To all appearances the private 

 owners do not cut much more than the State administrations, ex- 

 cept that several of them were forced to overcut on account of 

 windfall, which in the case of Prince of Pless meant 400 cubic 

 feet to the acre. 



The percent of saw timber varies in still greater range, namely, 

 between 19 and 84 per cent, but usually it lies between 45 and Q5 

 to 70 for the larger administrations. 



The handsome revenue of over 45 million dollars, or nearly 

 $3.50 per acre, results from these woodlands. The State forests 

 average a little less than $3.40, but the best of the larger ones, 

 Wurtemberg nets $5.90, Bavaria only $2.50. The 560,000 acres 

 of Crown forests earn less than $3.00, and 445,000 acres of private 

 forest bring also less than $3.00, while the 91,000 acres of muni- 

 cipal forest earn $5.50. 



Notable is the fact that Baden, with only 39 per cent saw tim- 

 ber, of which 64 per cent is conifer, and Saxony, with 53 per cent 

 saw timber and 70 per cent of it conifer, work out only 50 cents 

 difference per acre, in favor of Saxony, with exactly the same 

 cut. 



Statische Mitteilungen iiber die Ertrdge der deutschen Waldun- 

 gen fur die Jahre, 1900, his 1904. Mitteilungen des Deutschen 

 Forstverein in Zeitschrift fur Forst- und Jagdwesen. Oct., 1906. 

 Pp.688-694. 



