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— and he must be able to judge beforehand the trend of the 

 market. In Germany the import trade is a good measure of the 

 trend of the market. The causes for ups and downs in the market 

 are discussed and the relation of various industrial phases to the 

 wood trade shown in curves. There is a striking coincidence in 

 the curves of rises and depressions, especially between wood im- 

 port and wood prices. 



The necessity for the managing forester to keep himself in 

 touch with the changes in trade conditions is accentuated. 



Unsere Holseinfuhr und ihr Zusammenhang mit der allgemeinen wirt- 

 schaftlichen Lage. Zeitschrift fiir Forst-u. Jagdwesen. February, 1912. 

 Pp. 85-95. 



The detailed rain maps of Germany show, 



Distribution according to Schubert, that not only the 



and mountains but even small elevations receive 



Causes increased rainfall and that the eastern slopes 



of are in the rainshadow (drier). Forest 



Precipitation. areas receive a slightly larger rainfall than 



open areas, the forest having an effect like 



an elevation of double the tree height. 



In the North German plain summer rains prevail, frequently ac- 

 companied by thunder storms and hail storms, with a maximum in 

 July. Nearer the coast of the North Sea both rain maximum and 

 temperature is displaced towards the fall, August being the rainiest 

 month. 



Die Niederschlagsverbreitung in Norddeutschland und Hire Ursachen. 

 Zeitschrift fiir Forst-u. Jagdwesen. February, 1912. Pp. 82-85. 



Professor Bezold has deciphered a letter 

 Ancient written probably about the year 650 in 



Wood Assyrian cuneiform writing, which advises 



Contract. the King of Assyria of the shipment accord- 



ing to order of "living beams : 372 stout 

 beams, 808 of two generations, 2,313 of three generations, 11,807 

 of four generations, total 15,200 (should be 15,300) sound, and in 

 addition 13,157 old eaten ones." 



Species and place of derivation are not mentioned, probably 

 from the composition of the shipment a virgin stand. Living 

 beams are probably those cut from green timber, while eaten ones 



