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old, the first made in Germany for forest purposes. These stands 
are upon abandoned pastures. The Baron von Hacke was an officer 
in the Hessian regiments under George III, and after the American 
Revolution returned to his impoverished soil bringing with him a 
quantity of white pine seed. The trees of the original stand average 
today 32 inches in diameter, breast high, and finer white pines are 
not now often seen in our own land. Up to 30 years ago the abun- 
dant regeneration was not preserved, but since that time, under a 
different forest management, the natural stands have been preserved 
and look as thrifty as those so frequently seen upon abandoned 
fields in New England. 
At the head of a picturesque ravine near the village of Trippstatt, 
the forestry associations of the Palatinate, Alsace, and Lorraine have 
erected a tablet commemorating the introduction of white pine by 
Baron von Hacke. From a window of the Hacke baronial mansion, 
a fine old standstone structure, there is obtained a beautiful view 
overlooking a small valley in which there were at one time iron mines 
and furnaces and above which looms some old castle ruins dating 
back into the middle ages. With this view before him, Schiller is 
said to have composed the poem, “Der Gang nach dem Eisen- 
hammer,” in 1797, upon the occasion of a visit. The old baronial 
mansion is now devoted to the uses of a forest ranger school where 
boys are educated along general and technical lines beginning at 
the age of 14 years. For its purpose it is well equipped, containing 
excellent mineral and geological collections, wood specimens, fungi, 
stuffed birds, insects etc. 
The following table shows the prices which were received for 
cut timber on the ground in the woods at Trippstatt. It will be 
noticed that white pine here, as elsewhere in Germany, commands 
a high price only when the logs will produce a very high grade of 
lumber. For mine props, pulp, poles and firewood the white pine 
is not highly esteemed. 
GRADES I 2 3 4 SPECIES 
25 20 1p | ues eure cae Scotch pine 
: 27 22 19 II Spruce 
Price in dollars per 26 20 17 TL |) Pir 
1000 feet b. m. 30 23 19 12 | Larch © 
45 26 16 9 | White pine 
Diameter in inches...| I2 andup | 8to12/} 6to8 5 to 6 
