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slope the stand of timber is on the average 20 years old, and 

 consists of spruce, silver fir, beech, and larch mostly from 

 natural seeding, and is irregularly mixed. 



The road here was left and the Compartment Kalkofen 

 was entered. It extends to 108 acres. The stand of old timber 

 consists of spruce, silver fir, larch, Scots pine, and beech, all about 

 a hundred years old, in stem and group mixture. The larch 

 which occurs in this Compartment is characterised by its fine, 

 straight growth. The natural regeneration of the beech is now 

 ended, and the future management will be directed towards the 

 natural regeneration of the spruce. Spruce seedlings were seen 

 springing up everywhere as the result of seeding which occurred 

 in 1907. 



The Compartment Schulerloch with 78 acres abuts on Kalkofen, 

 and is under natural regeneration which is nearly complete. It 

 consists of 20-year-old spruce mixed with beech, silver fir, and 

 larch, but a few of the old trees have been left to give shelter to 

 the Compartment Kalkofen. 



After crossing the road the party arrived in the Compartment 

 Plattenberg. The trees on this plateau are spruce, silver fir, 

 pine, and beech about a hundred years old. The Compartment has 

 been regenerated, partly naturally and partly artificially, with 

 beech, spruce, and larch. 



After leaving this Compartment and passing along the margin 

 of a meadow, surrounded on all sides by the State Forest, and 

 in the middle of which Hes a small steading, the Compartment 

 Dachsbau is reached. This contains 56 acres, with a stand of 

 timber (about a hundred years old) of spruce, silver fir, and 

 beech, together with a few well-grown larch in single stem and 

 group mixture. The natural regeneration of the beech has been 

 very successful on the shallow, rocky ground. The spruce 

 seedlings which were everywhere abundant were produced in 

 the year 1907. 



After returning to the road the party passed through the 

 Compartment Langerbogen, which extends to 46 acres with 

 100-year-old spruce, silver fir, beech, Scots pine, and excellent 

 larch in single stem and group mixture. In this Compartment 

 the regeneration of the beech is on the whole completed. The 

 future management will be directed towards the regeneration of 

 the silver fir and the spruce. 



On descending into the Hammertale the party passed through 



