Moni'iioi.iH.u Ai, iNirv oF in"N(»Ai;v. 481. 



!Such K distiibutioii is piH)pei- tu lluí piaiiie vt-getaiiun, ihc type oí wliich 

 is to be found in the Transyhaiiian Mezőség. (Mup V.) 



On üiir iiiap we have disceined five piincipal climatic districts.. 

 The fourth type, that of the Great Plain is dividod intő smaller ereas accor- 

 ding to the extent of the summer and autumn rains. The ared within the 

 hne of 700 mm rainfall belongs to a forest-cHmate zone because of its autum- 

 nal maximum, nevertheless the great diaughts preceding the autumnal 

 rainfals hindei the growth of beaches and only favour mixed forest vege- 

 tation. The fifth district represents the Transylvanian prairie land. 



From this map it is longhly to be seen ho"w the different kinds of 

 natm-al products are distiibuted in the Hungárián basin and further, 

 the distribution of agriculture in the great Plain and in the mountain 

 districts, so asinthose territories suited for somé special industry. 



VI. Climate and natural'prodiicts in Hungary. 



The dimatic map indicates those parts of the country where forest 

 culture is rational. There are districts, where the forest-cultme is more 

 profitable, than agriculture ; such are the zones of pine-wood and in the 

 second ránk that of the beach-wood. The Transdanubian beaach-wood 

 zone schould not be takan intő consideration, for the profit of agriculture 

 is evén in the hilly and mountainous parts of this district much above the 

 profit of forestry. The only territories suited for rational forest-culture 

 are therefore those ívhich the Checks and Eoumanians pretendtooccupy 

 The extent of State forests in these districts amounts 1.646,033 hectares 

 and were valuod in the year 1911 at 215,081,000 kr. To day their valae 

 is of course niuch higher, approximately 1 milliárd kronen. 



The forests belonging to municipalities or in priváté possession 

 are evén of a far greater extent. The neighbouring States are now fighting 

 for the ownership of such great national wealth. From the data given 

 here it is easy to be seen that the problem of nationalities put forward 

 in their present campaign only serves for a sceen to their reál coveteous 

 purposes. The aim that agi-icultural production strivts on is deter- 

 mined by the type of local climate. A humid climate increases the pro- 

 duction of the verdure, whereas an arid one that of the giains. In districts 

 00 vered with great masses of verdure the large breeding stocks of domestic 

 animals are the best source of revenue, but in grain producing countries 

 corn cultivating is the most profitable. Thas in the rainy mountaineous. 

 districts animál breeding is much indulgcd, in the arid climate of the Great 

 Plain in contrary it should only be carried on largely if enough pasture- 

 giound were assured by artificial irrigation. Dykes must iherefore be 

 built in the upper parts af the rivers to savé the masses of the vernal. 



