Ii8 Forestry Quarterly. 



decline first in industrial crises. In Germany home production 

 falls far short of meeting the demand for wood. Here their wood 

 imports furnish this barometer when corrected for the slight va- 

 riations which usually occur in home production. When the im- 

 ports for 1910 are considered, no cause for alarm is revealed. 



More than half the wood imported into Germany comes from 

 Russia, nearly a third from Austria-Hungary, while Sweden and 

 the United States occupy third and fourth places. Imports of 

 sawn timber are increasing slightly faster than log imports. 



Reports of the amount of wood freighted by rail and water 

 show the largest tonnage ever reported. 



Strikes accompany industrial activity. The agreement between 

 workmen and employees in the building trades ran out March 31, 

 1910. After much parley a new agreement reducing hours of 

 labor and increasing wages was entered upon to run three years. 

 The building trades have prospered in spite of this untoward oc- 

 currence. 



For the sawmill industry the year 1910 was a profitable one, 

 even though all hopes were not fulfilled. 



Likewise in the furniture manufactories trade was active but 

 the manufacture of stock articles on a large scale declined, the 

 demand being rather for special orders. This has given impetus 

 to a variety of small shops and halted the development of larger 

 establishments. 



Syndicates organized for the control of prices of matches and 

 of mine timbers failed of their purpose and were dissolved, and 

 they demoralized the market for these articles. 



Porstwirtschaftliche Ruckblickc atif das Jahr 1910. Zeitschrift fiir Forst- 

 und Jagdwesen. July and August, 1912. Pp. 399-425 ; 481-500. 



The official blue book of the Bavarian For- 

 Bavarian est Administration for 1909 contains very 



Statistics. complete information regarding the State 



Forests, which with 2,300,000 acres (14 

 per cent, unproductive) represent 35 per cent, of the total forest 

 area, 48 per cent, being privately owned and the balance munici- 

 pal forest. 



The cut was 168.6 million cubic feet (an increase of over 18 

 million over the previous year), which brought $13,387,000, and, 

 since the harvest cost was $2,103,000 (i^ cents per cubic foot). 



