636 Forestry Quarterly 



The Statistics of the Bavarian State 



Bavarian Forest Administration for 1912, and in part 



and Baden for 1913, are exceedingly interesting. The 



Statistics figures are arranged as far as possible in 



conformity with the 1910 instructions for 



forest organization in Bavaria.^ 



Area: The present forest area of Bavaria is 6,473,408 acres, of 

 which 2,300,975 acres are state forests (of which, in turn, 1,981,259 

 acres are listed as better suited to growing timber crops than for 

 any other piirpose.) 



Cut: The annual cut per acre in 1912 was 80.51 cubic feet per 

 acre as against 64.49 cubic feet per acre in 1908, a total annual 

 increase of 28,440,642 cubic feet due to the change from the 

 former ultra-conservative policy.^ What this means in increased 

 income may be judged by the fact that in 1908 the annual net in- 

 come per acre was $5.12 per acre and in 1912 $6.49 per acre, an 

 increase of 26.6%. The quantity of material increased 18% in 

 these four years; the gross income 24.5%. 



Other Uses: From other sources than wood sales the income in- 

 creased 78% in these four years. The income from the chase 

 alone was in 1912 $96,692. This is the highest money retiun from 

 the chase of any state excepting Wurttemberg, as the following 

 comparison shows: 



Wurttemberg $ . 065 per acre of forest. 



Bavaria 046 " " " " 



Prussia 025 " " " " 



Saxony 025 " " " " 



Receipts and Expenses: To show the volume of business it is 

 interesting to note that during 1912, the total receipts were 

 $15,510,371, the total expenses were $7,116,610, making a total 

 net income of $8,393,761, or $1,737,502 more than in 1912. 



Planting: The total cost of planting amoimted to $25.15 per acre 

 restocked; per acre of forest land $.37. 



Road Building: This cost $.36 per acre of forest land. 



Forest Fires: Amounted to only one acre out of 24,754. 



1 See "Management of Alpine Forests in Bavaria," Forestry Quarterly, 

 Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 347, 348. 



2 See Practice of Working Plans in Bavaria, pp. 147-159, Theory and Prac- 

 tice of Working Plans, John Wiley & Sons, N. Y., 1913. 



