Periodical Literature. 



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An exceedingly interesting article which 

 Rotation gives an insight into the details of forest 



for management in Saxony by Oberforster 



Spruce. Pause is valuable especially in bringing 



definite data of results. Professor Wag- 

 ner's volume Grundlagen der Raumlichen Ordnung (reviewed in 

 Vol. VI, p. 160), which has stirred up multifarious discussion, 

 has called forth this article. As is well known the spruce forests 

 of Saxony, which have been so lucrative, are mainly managed 

 under a clearing system followed by planting, the main silvi- 

 cultural feature of which are the small felling areas and the care- 

 ful location of felling series, while short rotations and special 

 consideration of the maturity of each stand are the managerial 

 characteristics. 



To determine the maturity the special requirements of the 

 Saxon wood market are considered, which takes and pays better 

 for medium sized logs rather than stouter material. The aim of 

 the management, therefore, is or should be, as was determined 

 by Pursche, a fully stocked stand in which about 35 per cent, 

 stem volume of over 9 inch log diameter in the middle, 40 per 

 cent, of the total cuts being of such logs. 



Pause is in charge of a typical spruce forest in the Erz moun- 

 tains, of entirely uniform good site conditions and normal stands, 

 which have grown up without much disturbances by storm, snow 

 or insects, a rather rare case, catering entirely to local market, 

 saw mills, pulp mills and other manufacturing concerns. 



From felling areas (clearings) comprising 112 acres he se- 

 cured the following results : 



^Multiply by 14.3 to get cubic feet per acre. 



