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Wages: Pay for workers in the woods rose from average of 

 $.715 per day in 1908 to $.833 in 1912. 



In Baden the statistics for 1912 are as follows: — 



Area: On January 1, 1913, the total forest area was 1,451,315 

 acres, of which 246,163 acres are state forests (of which, in tiim, 

 237,160 acres are listed as better suited to growing timber crops 

 than for any other purpose.) 



Cut: The annual cut per acre in 1912 was 101.82 cubic feet as 

 against 61.35 cubic feet in 1878. The price of each cubic foot sold 

 averaged |.14. Products other than wood netted $.30 per acre. 

 The total net income was $5.64 per acre in 1912. 



Species: Of the total growing stock on state forests oak equals 

 5.3%, beech 19.6%, other hardwoods 7.6% and conifers 67.5%. 



Planting: The following figures show an interesting decrease in 

 the area artificially restocked due to the propaganda for natural 

 regeneration. 



In 1912 the cost for sowing averaged $7.03 per acre sown; for 

 planting $28.40 per acre planted. 



Road building: During 1912 $.48 per acre of forest was spent for 

 road construction. A. B. R. 



Mitteilnngen atis der Staatsforstverwaltung Bayerns, Allgemeine Forst- 

 und Jagd- Zeitung, August, 1914, pp. 273-275. 



Statistische Nachweisungen aus der Forstverwaltung des Grossherzogtums 

 Baden. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung, August, 1914, pp. 275-276. 



Swiss importations in 1912-13 of non- 



Swiss Imports manufactured wood products averaged 



and Exports 240,000 tons against an export of 35,000 



tons. The values of these imports and 



exports were $6,900,000 and $1,260,000 respectively ($28 against 



$36 per ton) . 



The imports of 1913 were by over $1,200,000 less than the 

 preceding year; the export on the other hand increased by over 

 $200,000, the situation showing greatly reduced domestic con- 



