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The possibility of making use of various woods of the French 

 colonies, subject to fungus attack is also discussed. 



Essai en grand du Carbolineum Avenarius. Revue des eaux et forets. 

 April, 1909, pp. 204-215. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY. 



A retrospect on the forest management of 

 Prussia's Prussia during the year 1907 by Semper 



Forest gives insight into conditions and changes 



Management. based on official data. 



Industrially, Germany was passing 

 through a year of depression, like the United States, due to over- 

 speculation, scarcity of funds, political fears, strikes, etc., but, as 

 in the United States, the crisis was not severe, owing to good farm 

 crops. 



Until 1900 the State forests of Prussia in the old provinces were 

 mortgaged for the debts resulting from the wars of liberation, and 

 whenever any of them were sold, the cash had to be devoted to 

 discharging these debts. Since then, both State farms and State 

 forests, especially near large cities have been sold to the amount 

 of over $40,000,000, of which $7,000,000 was for forest properties. 



These funds together with an appropriation of $25,000,000 made 

 in 1902, are at the disposal of the government for purchase of 

 waste lands and mismanaged forests, especially in the eastern 

 provinces of Posen and West Prussia. 



By 1900 the total area of land under the management of the 

 forest administration comprised 2,809,645 hectar, an increase since 

 1870 of 175,000 hectar; then the purchases increased at the aver- 

 age rate of 18,418 hectar annually, so that the total area under the 

 forest administration in 1909, was 2,975,407 hectar (7,349> 2 55 

 acres). Of the waste lands acquired, 237,000 acres had been 

 planted by 1908, and in later years this planting is annually done 

 on about 10,000 to 12,000 acres, which represents about 20 to 25 

 per cent, of all the planting. It is remarkable to note that about 

 80% of the plantings required repair during the years 1900 to 

 1903, which in the following years was cut down to about 60%, as 

 a result of more careful initial planting. It is expected to improve 

 further on this score. 



The total budget for planting which in 1907 was $1,300,000, ex- 

 perienced increases of $357,000 and $238,000 in 1908 and 1909 



