200 Switzerland. 



Only for the intensively managed city forests of 

 Zurich and the cantonal forests of Bern are more 

 accurate data available. In the latter, the State 

 forests yield 50 cubic feet in the plateau country, 

 73 cubic feet, in the middle country, and 76 cubic feet 

 in the Jura, while the communal forests of that canton 

 yield 15, 66 and 56 cubic feet respectively. Prices for 

 wood are higher in the low country than the average 

 in Germany and have been steadily rising for the last 

 40 years, especially for coniferous saw material which 

 at present brings stumpage prices of 12 to 15 cents. 



Owing to these high prices the gross yield of some 

 Swiss forests is the largest known in Europe; the city 

 forest of Zurich, exhibiting yields of $12, and the 

 city forest of Aarau as much as $14 per acre on the 

 average, although in the Alps forests the gross yield 

 sinks to $3 and $4. The more intensively managed 

 city forests mentioned spend on their management 

 $6 and even $7 per acre, while most of the State forests 

 keep their expenditures within $2.50 to $3.50, and 

 in some places down to $1.50 per acre. The net yields 

 vary therefore for the State and communal forests 

 of the plateau country between $3 and $6.50 for some 

 of the city forests from $6.50 to $8 and $9. 



Switzerland has long ago ceased to produce its wood 

 requirements, and imports from 8 to 9 million dollars 

 annually of wood and wood manufactures. 



4. Education and Literature. 



For the education of the higher forest officials the 

 Federal government instituted a two year course at 

 the Polytechnicum at Zurich which was founded in 



