490 Forestry Quarterly. 



many 12,490,051 acres of privately owned woods, that is, 36%> 

 of the total forest area of Germany. (In the United States 395,- 

 000,000 acres, 72fo of the total 550,000,000 acres of forest, are 

 privately or corporately owned.) 



The author favors complete freedom of management (except 

 in protection forests) encouraged by instruction and co-opera- 

 tion on the part of the government. This is already the case in 

 Prussia and Saxony; in southern Germany restrictive laws are 

 still in effect, dating from a time when the value of the forest 

 was small. 



As means of improving the condition of privately owned forests 

 are cited : — Extension lectures ; advice on the ground by neighbor- 

 ing state foresters, especially at the time of planting and of cut- 

 ting; forming of associations; and the creation of a division of 

 forestry in the agricultural council (Landwirtschaftskammer) 

 as has been done successfully in eight provinces of Prussia and 

 lately also in Baden. In Saxony, prizes are offered for the best 

 managed private forest. 



The author urges the need of a most careful census of all 

 privately owned forests in Germany in order to get a clearer 

 picture of existing conditions. A. B. R. 



Die zur Erhaltun ■ der Privatforsten . . . in den deutschen Bundesstaaten 

 erlassenen . . . Bestimmungen." Allgemeine Forst-und Jagd-Zeitung. 

 April, 1914. Pp. 134-135. 



According to an article by de Bendictis, 

 Buying Forests the Italian Government recently purchased 

 in 2,859,018 acres for the price of $215,157. 



Italy. Other purchases are also listed. This is 



particularly significant when taken in con- 

 nection with the recent purchase in France of the Forest of Eu 

 belonging to the Duke of Orleans, who was forbidden by the 

 State to make a sale to a private company, on account of the 

 doubt which had been cast on the conservatism of future man- 

 agement. This forest was located in the Districts of Dieppe and 

 Neufchatel. A total of 2,301,258 acres was purchased for a total 

 of $2,100,000 or in round figures at 91 cents per acre. This forest 

 was chiefly hardwood, coppice, high forest and coppice under 

 standards. T. S. W. Jr. 



Revue des Eaux et Forets, April 15, 1914, pp. 267, 268 and 272. 



