3o6 Forestry Quarterly. 



Prussia still possesses some two and a half 



Moor million acres of uncultivated moorland and 



Cultivation its means of reclamation is being carefully 



in studied. The moors have been formed under 



Germany. various conditions, and consequently there 



is a great difference in the soil to be dealt 

 with, both in regard to its constitution and its quality. Where 

 the vegetation is poorly nourished and there is a large quantity 

 of water, the moors are formed for the most part by peat moss, 

 heather and reed grasses. On the other hand, in a soil rich 

 in plant food, the plants contributing to the formation of moors 

 are rushes, reeds and a number of sour grasses. As the former 

 are ordinarily formed above the water level, they are called up- 

 land moors, and the latter low moors, mostly grassland moors. 

 The latter, as shown by the following data, are much richer in 

 plant food material than the former. Upland moor: Nitrogen 1.2, 

 phosphoric acid, 0.18, potash 0.05, lime 0.2 per cent., while the low 

 land moor contains 2.3, 0.02, 0.15, 3.4 per cent, of the materials 

 in the order named. The upland moors, after being put in good 

 condition physically, are stimulated chemically by the addition of 

 lime which accelerates decomposition and the neutralization of 

 acids. Potash salts and phosphates are added to both types of 

 moors. Both types are best adapted finally to meadows and pas- 

 tures and as such, under improved conditions, compare favorably 

 in yield to the best grasslands. 



Consular Report from Hamburg. The Journal of the Board of Agri- 

 culture. March, 1911. 



ROADS AND SURVEY. 



Forstrat Eberts discusses at great length, 

 Roadbuilding and citing many authorities, the question 

 in whether roads along slopes should be either 



Mountains. horizontal and rounded off to both sides, or 



inclined to the outside, or to the inside. 

 The conclusion he arrives at is that generalization is a mistake, 

 and that local conditions, especially soil conditions and water 

 conditions, make any one of the three forms more or less desir- 

 able. 



The weight of opinion, however, leans to a location of roads 



