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before the findings of the committee the cut was increased from 

 58 cubic feet in 1907 to 80 cubic feet per acre in 1912, which 

 brings it near the yields of Baden and Wiirttemberg. The com- 

 mission eventually ascertained that the permissible budget is 

 about one half what had been claimed in the assembly, and the 

 leaving of which was stated by Dr. Endres as representing a 

 quarter million dollars loss annually. The new budget, to be 

 sure, in part represents reduction of old stock, and may not be 

 taken as continuously possible. 



The 2.3 million acres of State forest now furnish over 170 

 million cubic feet (54% workwood), netting 13 million dollars; 

 the average gross yield per cubic foot of workwood being about 

 12 cents, for cordwood a little over 4 cents, and 8.5 cents on the 

 average for all wood, the harvest cost (l}i cents per cubic foot) 

 making the net result 7.25 cents, or around $6.50 per acre. Minor 

 incomes and the cost of administration bring the total net result 

 to $3.38. 



The overhead charges for personnel are 95 cents per acre, of 

 which about 9 per cent for the central bureaus. Cultures and 

 roadbuilding participate in the expenses at nearly equal rates, 

 namely with 21 and 20 cents per acre each. 



The average earnings of woodchoppers vary between 60 cents 

 and $1.00 in different regions. 



The communal forests with around one million acres pro- 

 duce only 55 cubic feet per acre. 



Bavaria, with .89 acres per head, being 60 per cent more heavily 

 forested than the German average, is still an export country. 

 Cutting 50 cubic feet per capita as against 24 cubic feet for Ger- 

 many on the average, and consuming only 36 cubic feet, Bavaria 

 exports between 80 and 90 million cubic feet to other German 

 States and to Switzerland. Only Wiirttemberg is in a similar 

 position. 



Aus Bayern. Schweizerische Zeitschrift ftir Forstwesen, January-February 

 1915, pp. 37-40. 



Total forest area of Austria, 24.420,000 



Austrian acres; State forest, 1,750,000; Fonds for- 



Statistics est under State administration, 825,000; 



municipal, institutional and other public 



forests, 5,000,000 ; private forest entailed 2,640,000 ; other private 



