170 Austria. 



territories of Germany, in a simple division into felling 

 areas. The example of the neighbors was also followed 

 later in the northwestern provinces, and in both re- 

 gions this method was improved upon by allotment 

 according to the propositions of Hartig and Cotta. In 

 addition, since 1810, the method of the Austrian 

 " Kameraltaxe " with the new and fertile idea of the 

 "normal forest" began to be employed (see p. 115). 

 The new method now largely employed is an area 

 allotment checked by the normal forest formula. 



Especially in Bohemia, most of the large baronial 

 properties had, by 1848, been put under a regular 

 system of management according to Saxon and Prus- 

 sian precedent. The influence of the former was espe- 

 cially strong, and Saxon foresters were largely em- 

 ployed to regulate the management. Most prominent 

 among these was Judeich, who became the Director 

 of the Austrian forest school at Weisswasser, (after- 

 wards of Tharandt). By 1890, over 83% of the total 

 forest area of Bohemia capable of such management 

 had been placed under rational working plans accord- 

 ing to the most modern conception, and nearly the 

 same proportion in the neighboring provinces of 

 Moravia and Silesia. 



In the Alps territory and in the Danube provinces, 

 the regulation of forest management has not pro- 

 gressed with the same rapidity, partly owing to the 

 existence of the many hampering rights of user; only 

 here and there, are properties managed intensively. 

 By 1890, only 23% were managed under rational 

 working plans (40% state and 60% private and com- 



