3o6 Forestry Quarterly. 



The Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forst- 

 Wood zvesen brings from time to time reports of 



Prices the actual sales of standing timber, with 



in prices that have been obtained. These 



Szvitserland. sales are made in the small communal 

 forests and refer to standing trees, differ- 

 entiated by species and size class, the buyer to fell and work up, 

 the measurements being made after felling; remarks as to cost or 

 at least chances of transportation, etc., are added. Also prices 

 for logs and worked up wood are given. 



For spruce and fir the prices for standing trees move between 

 14 and 28 cents per cubic foot; for felled trees only about 2 cents 

 more; for logs (measured within bark) between 18 and 31.5 

 cents. The cost of transportation to nearest station seems to lie 

 between 2 and 5 cents per cubic foot. 



Hardwoods are very much highei' in price. Ash trees bring 

 over 40 cents ; oak logs up to over 60 cents. Fuel wood ranges 

 from $7-$9 per cord. 



Itn December, igii, January, 1912 erzielte Preise. Schweizerische 

 Zeitschrift fiir Forstwesen. Pp. 32-36. 



A report on the movement of the woo{? 



Market trade records that in spite of war scare, 



in crises in stock markets, dear money, and 



South high prices, increases in industrial develop- 



Germany. ment are noticeable in 191 1. 



The volume of trade on the whole showed 

 by end of October an increase of 6%, and in wood alone of 3 per 

 cent. In the labor market after May the demand continued to 

 exceed the supply. Wood prices for logs, long timber, and pulp 

 wood rose; drouth, with its consequent low water conditions aid- 

 ing in depression of the latter article. But lumber prices are 

 ruled by the world market and did not show the same advance. 



Zur Lage des H'olzmarktes in Suddeutschland. Schweizerische Zeit- 

 schrift fiir Forstwesen. January, 1912. Pp. 30-32. 



