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Propositions to improve the opportunities for securing credit of 

 foresi. properties with a view of assisting in lifting farmers out of 

 the burden of debt are made by v. d. Borne. It appears that in 

 the Eastern Provinces these debts represent from 28 to 53 per cent, 

 of their total gross property values, in the western provinces from 

 10 to 30 per cent. 



Die Frage der Waldbeleihungen dutch die preussischen Landschaften. 

 Zeitschrift f. Forst-u. Jagdwesen, March, 1909, pp. 141-156. 



The city of Pontarlier has just added to its 

 Municipal Forests forest property at out 400 acres, so that the 

 in city forest comprises now over 2,000 acres. 



France. The price for this new property was around 



$16,000, one-third of it consisting of se- 

 verely culled woods, the balance run down pastures and waste 

 lands, which are to be reforested. The 1600 acres of its original 

 forest property, which until 1877 brought annually $5,000, now 

 yields $12,000, and promises to increase its yield to $16,000 shortly, 

 or $10 per acre. This experience stimulated the city to the new 

 purchase. 



Bulletin de la Societe Franchise des Amies des Arbes. 1908. 



In March, 1909, a reorganization of the 

 French French Forest Service was inaugurated, in- 



Forest eluding readjustment of salaries. These are 



Administration. now for the Director General and the Direc- 

 tors from $2,400 to $3,000; Chiefs of Ser- 

 vice, $1,400 to $2,200, rising by $200 increases; Sub-director, 

 $1,800 to $2,600 ; Administrators, $2,200 to $2,600 ; Conservators, 

 the district officers, $1,600 to $2,400. 



Administration centrale des eaux et for its. Revue des eaux et forets, 

 April, 1909, pp. 216-220. 



UTILIZATION, MARKET, TECHNOLOGY. 



Professor Henry, of Nancy, discusses the 



Cheap value of different preservatives and methods 



Wood from the standpoint of efficiency and espe- 



Preservatives. daily cheapness. Main attention was paid 



to Carbolineum Avenarius, which, although 



more expensive than other tar oils, was supposed to be superior. 



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