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the implanted area grows. Natural regeneration has proved a 

 total failure. 



Beitrdge sur forstlichen Statistik. Zeitschrift fur Forst- u. Jagdwesen. 

 August, 1909. Pp. 545-550. 



Wiirttemberg has the honor of showing the 

 Statistics most profitable forest management among 



of all the German States, with a net result of 



Wiirttemberg. S6.74 per acre, in 1906. Most complete 

 statistics are published by the forest admin- 

 istration. The productive forest area comprises 471,000 acres, 

 from which were harvested in 1907 at the rate of 87 cubic feet 

 timberwood per acre, of which 68 for main harvest, the balance in 

 thinnings, which are only moderate. The workwood per cent, for 

 conifers was 79, for oak 55.6, for other deciduous woods 16.5, 

 excepting beech with only 8.7%. 



Wood prices have continuously, though slowly, risen, the price 

 for oakwood being 29 cents, for coniferous logs 14 cents per 

 cubic foot, for beech fuelwood $2.15 per cord, for pine (with 

 79% taken out for workwood) $1.66 per cord. These prices are 

 for logs and cords in the woods. 



The area of annual plantings is 4,722 acres, which corresponds 

 to just about 100 year rotation in the average. Actually, in the 

 timber forest it is higher, but statistics in this direction are lacking. 

 With the exception of about 330 acres, which are sowed, this area 

 is planted with 1,494,880 conifers and 205,840 deciduous trees at 

 a cost of $8.60 per acre, which is considered moderate. Repair 

 planting to the extent of 30% seems rather exorbitant. 



Altogether, the cost for cultural work represents 25 cents per 

 acre of forest, an amount which corresponds to that spent by 

 other administrations, but is larger than in former years. Road- 

 work requires 44 cents per acre. All expenditures represent 

 32.9% of the receipts, which amount to $4,716,000, the net in- 

 come, as stated, figuring at $6.74 per acre. 



It is interesting to note the changes in all items during the 53 

 years from 1853 to 1906, which show, of course increases in all 

 cases; the cut by nearly 66 per cent.; the gross income by 375 

 per cent. ; the total expenditure by nearly 200 per cent. ; the ex- 

 pense for cultural work by 230 per cent. ; for road building by 



