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its forestry service as it now has. In the renting of land as a game 

 preserve, it is customary to limit the number of deer, etc., that 

 shall be killed in any one season. It is customary to make an 

 estimate of the game of the forest ranges each year. In the case 

 of deer this is done by feeding them in paddocks during the win- 

 ter. 



Government Supervision of Forests in Germany. It is 

 the policy of the government in most of the German provinces 



Figure . A fine young growth of Norway Spruce (Picea excelsa) in 

 the forest garden of the "Giessen Forestry School" in Hessen, Germany. 



not to interfere more than is necessary in the management of 

 private woodlands, although the custom varies in the different 

 provinces. On this account, where the land is not much broken, 

 there are few requirements in regard to maintaining forests; but 

 where the land is much broken, as is the case in the Bavarian 

 Alps and the Black Forest, it is sometimes customary to require 

 private owners to deposit the cost of replanting their land 

 wlu-n they cut their timber, and if they do not attend to the 



