114 Forestry Quarterly. 



is foreshadowed by the reviewer, and has already been experi- 

 enced during the first summer. 



Die neue Dienstanweisung fur Forsteinrichtung. Allgemeine Forst-u. 

 Jagd Zeitung. December, 1912. Pp. 420-425. 



In Eastern France the price of oak on the 

 Price stump may vary from 5^ to 65 cents and 



of more per cubic foot according to size and 



Oak qualtiy. 



in Algan states that in a general way the 



France. price rises with the diameter or circum- 



ference proportionally up to a certain size, 

 then to rise much more rapidly than the diameter. He finds, 

 however, that the average price for ordinary oak stumpage, the 

 diameter measured at man height, varies proportionally for diame- 

 ter from 8 to 32 inch by approximately 2^ cents for every increase 

 by two inches, the 8 inch tree bringing 5^ cents, the 32 inch tree 

 brings 32.5 cents per cubic foot. 



This price, of course, is reduced or increased by 5 to 15 per 

 cent, and more according to ease or difficulty of logging and 

 character of trees. 



Ce que valent les chenes sur pied. Bulletin, Societe Forestiere de 

 Franche-Comte et Belfort- March, 1912. Pp. 365-368. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY. 



The area of State forests in Prussia show- 

 Prussiatt ed a net increase in 1910 of 12,600 ha. (31,- 



Forests 000 acres) or one-half of one per cent. 



in This is less than the average for the preced- 



1910. ing decade by about 20%. The decline in 



acquisition is due to a rise in land values 

 and an increasing indisposition on the part of private owners to 

 part with their holdings at fair valuation. The largest accessions 

 lay in the northeastern plains. The heaths of northwestern 

 Prussia which were largely bought up for forest planting some 

 years ago are now being developed as farms instead. A large 

 part of the newly added area is unforested. The total barren 

 area has, however, been reduced by planting despite these acces- 

 sions. 



