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of the consumption. Shortage, especially of mine timbers has 

 been felt since the war, and increase of home production will be- 

 come necessary even after the war by reduction of unprofitably 

 high forest rent rotations, increased thinning practice, and reduc- 

 tion of superfluous growing stock, as well as by supplanting poorly 

 growing old timber by vigorous young stands. All of these mea- 

 sures will also improve the financial result through improved 

 value increment, both absolute and relative. 



The forest reserve fund question is also discussed in this 

 connection and the use of these funds for purchase and reforesta- 

 tion of waste areas. 



Even for Saxony, the author asserts that the forest administra- 

 tion could be made more profitable by using accumulated excess 

 forest capital. On the other hand, the author cautions against 

 confounding capital and rent, and if the war leads to over-cutting, 

 the forest should be credited with its contribution to the general 

 industrial reestablishment and a return to sustained yield manage- 

 ment made possible. 



After the war, tarifif politics, development of transportation, 

 wood trade, and new commercial treaties are expected to occupy 

 attention, and especially new relations in this respect with Austria. 

 Extension of forest area and assistance to forest owners, reor- 

 ganization of forest departments, education and association prob- 

 lems are touched upon, and the article closes with confidence in 

 ultimate victory. 



Forstliche Tagesfragen. Tharandter Forstliches Jahrbuch, 191.S, pp. 456-71" 



Perhaps the most authoritative statement 



Effect of that has yet been published is given by 



War on C. de Lesseux, summarizing the class and 



French amount of material used for specific mili- 



Forests tary purposes and the damage resulting 



from actual fighting. According to this 



authority, the average trench requires about one stacked cubic 



meter of wood per ten meters of trench. This is used for 



barricades, benches, elbow rests, etc. The shelters of various 



types require 5 to 20 stacked cubic meters per shelter, while 



the artillery screens average 40 to 50 meters. This means an 



