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3. Alsace stands, already of timber forest character. 



409 ha., with felling budget of 5?7o fm., net yield 42.47 



Mark. 

 244 ha., with felling budget of 4.50 fm., net yield 41.86 



Mark. 

 317 ha., with felling budget of 4.84 fm., net yield 43.30 



Mark. 



The reporter, Kahl, remarks that the preponderance and fine 

 development of beech and high price for fuelwood of same, 

 namely $12 to $14 per cord, may have influenced the favorable 

 outcome of the latter positions. 



Mittelwald U tnwandlungsfrage. Allgemeine Frost-u. Jagdzeitung, Janu- 

 ary, 1909, pp. 112-113. 



In discussing propositions for the improve- 

 Conservative ment of the methods of making working 

 Budgets plans in Prussia, Dr. Martin points out that 



and true conservatism does not consist in re- 



Growth. ducing felling budgets or holding on to old 



timber, but in keeping the soil in best pro- 

 ductive capacity, in careful regeneration and care of the young 

 growth. To show how, under good management, increment can 

 be effectually stimulated, he cites the conditions of the Saxon 

 forests. Here the felling budget and stock on hand per acre for 

 the last 50 years increased as follows : 



In Prussia, the author contends also, that in spite of the con- 

 stantly increasing budgets, namely, from 40 cubic feet in 1870 

 to 70 cubic feet in 1900, the actual increment is hardly cut. Ac- 

 cording to the newest yield tables for pine III class the current 

 increment runs 



Age: 40 60 80 100 120 140 



Increment, 131 101 77 66 54 23 cubic feet. 



