74 



C. A. SCHENCK. 



Country Forest land per 100 inhabitants 



Exporting countries Acres 



Canada 2,490 



Finland 1,850 



Sweden 952 



United States 775 



Norway 762 



Russia in Europe 462 



Bosnia-Herzegovina 405 



Bulgaria 230 



Servia 155 



Roumania 127 



Austria-Hungary 103 



Importing countries 



Greece 85 



Switzerland 66 



Germany : 61 



France 61 



Italy 32 



Denmark 25 



Belgium 20 



Netherlands 10 



Great Britain 7 



Where the forest area per capita of population is large, and 

 where the means of transportation are poorly developed, we do 

 not find any attempts at sylviculture, or any such thing as 

 conservative forestry. Obviously the production of timber, like 

 that of wheat and cotton, cannot be remunerative to the owner 

 of the land when the producing area is extravagantly large. 



The question arises: At what maximum figure of area is it 

 possible for conservative forestry to be remunerative; and with 

 what minimum of area can our commonweal be satisfied? 



The area problem must be compromised between the private 

 owners of forest land, and the people. 



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