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This same cut per acre of total forest area is 



Timber forest : Cnbi< . ,.,.,., 



Slate 74 



Corporation -ji 



Coppice and standard coppice: 



Slate 53 



Corporation gg 



This enormous yield of nearly <J4 million cubic feet of wood Baden has obtained from this 

 small area for many years without in the least decreasing the amount of standing timber or wood 

 capital. In the State forest the cut per acre since 18G7 lias never been less than 57 cubic feet per 

 year, or since 188,-) has never fallen below 71 cubic feet, while twice since 1870 it has been over 85 

 cubic feet per acre and year. 



Of the total of nearly 64 million cubic feet, 19.200,000 cubic feet are timber and other wood 

 not sold as fire or cord wood, and 29,100,000 cubic feet are cord wood over 3 inches. 



The forests of Baden are generally well located, and the State has long realized the great 

 importance of good highways, so that the prices for timber are generally good and the income 

 from the woods correspondingly high. 



The following prices in the woods were obtained in 1894: 



For round timber long lengths and saw logs (per cubic foot) : 



<>:>k $0.16 to $0.39 



iseech .15 



Ash and maple .24 



Birch .08 



Alder .23 



Other hardwoods .16 



Conifers, long stems .' 07 to .13 



Conifers, saw logs 11 to .14 



Conifers, railway ties .08 



For cord wood (per cord) : 



Beecb 6. 50 to 8.40 



Oak 5. 80 to 10. 80 



Other hardwoods 6. 30 to 7.80 



Conifers 4.00 to 4.80 



The financial results in the State forests were as follows: 



For the year 1894 



Total income $1,337,000 



Total expenses 618, 000 



Net income 719,000 



Or per acre of forest-stocked area 



Gross income $5. 82, or 100 per cent 



Expenses 2. 69, or 46. 2 per cent 



Net income 3. 13, or 53.8 per cent 



How stea.di'ily this handsome revenue has been received may be inferred from the fact that 

 during the twenty-eight years ending 1894 the gross income has never been below $4.24 per acre; 

 that for thirteen out of the twenty-eight years it varied between $4.24 and $o; that twelve years 

 it was between $5 and $(, and three years above $6 per acre. 



The following figures show this relation for the period 1881 to 1894: 



Production and cost per acre of forested area. 



