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The output is 65 per cent, of the raw material. Pine lumber is 

 sorted into sLx quality classes and the cut averages 8 per cent. I, 

 25 per cent. II, 30 per cent. Ill, 20 per cent. IV, 17 per cent. V 

 and VI class, the sorting being done rigorously. Spruce is sold 

 without assorting. 



The Korsnas company owns nearly 600,000 acres of productive 

 forest besides 200,000 acres of unproductive land, but buys large 

 quantities of logs, and with a capital of over $3,000,000 pays 8 per 

 cent, dividends. 



Many other details are given. 



Eine forstliche Studienreise nach Schweden. Holzindustrie. Centralblatt 

 fur das gesammte Forstwesen, May- June, 1914, pp. 235-248. 



The importation into Argentina of lumber 



Forests and articles made of lumber amounts to 



of about $26,000,000 gold annually, of which 



Argentina southern yellow pine comprises one-third. 



The exports of quebracho in 1913 were 



342,000 tons of logs worth $12 gold per ton, and 91,000 tons of 



extract, worth about $57 gold per ton. 



Of about 360 tree species in the forests of Argentina about 50 

 occur in great number, forming mixed forests, as a rule with one 

 or several species predominating. Logging operations are prim- 

 itive, transport is by animals and road carts, and sawmills are 

 lacking in the woods so that the timber has to be squared with the 

 ax and shipped in that form. As a result of the poor handling of 

 the native logging and lumber business, foreign lumber at present 

 almost monopolizes the market. 



The southern or antarctic forest in Argentina extends along a 

 strip from 5 to 10 miles wide parallel to the Chilean boundary 

 from the 37th degree on the south to the Fire Islands. The trees 

 are five kinds of beeches (Nothofagus); araucarias {Araucaria 

 imbricata) between degrees 37 and 393^; patches of cedar between 

 37 and 43}/^ degrees south; and between degrees 41 and 43 are 

 stands of larch (Fitzroya tetragona) which resembles in general 

 appearance and in quality of limiber the redwood of California, 

 and is one of the best trees in the coimtry. These species occur 

 in the limited areas between the beech forests. 



The forests are at present exploited only for the local market 



