AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



German/s neighbor to the south-east, and until 1866 

 a member of the German Empire or Federation, largely 

 settled by Germans, and hence swayed by Grerman 

 thought, developed forestry methods on much the same 

 lines as the mother country. Yet there are differences 

 to be found, due to difference in economic development, 

 and there is for the United States perhaps more to be 

 learned from Austria in the matter of introducing 

 forestry methods, especially as lately practiced in Bosnia- 

 Herzegovina, than from any other country, for economic 

 conditions are in several respects alike. 



The interest in the forest history of Austria lies 

 especially in the fact that private forest property in large 



Zur Forstgeschichte Otsterreicks, by BINDER VON KRIEGELSTEIN, 

 in Verhandlangea der K. K. Landwirthschaftsgesellschaft, 1836. 



Gtschichte der Oesterreichischen Land-und Forst-uiirtscha/l und ikrer 

 Indusirietn, i84S-zSgS. 5 vols., 1902, parts referring to forestry, vols. 4 and 5, by 

 Dr. von Guttenberg and 15 others ; a unique, and most comprehensive work, mag- 

 nificently published as a jubilee of the semicentennial of the coronation of 

 Emperor Franz Joseph. 



Die Forste der Staatt-und FondsgUter, by KARL SCHINDLER, 1886 and 

 1889, 2 vols., pp. 487 and 742, contains in g^reatest detail with historical data a 

 description of the State and Funds forests and their management. 



Jakrbtuh der Staats-und FondtgHter-veriuaUung, 9 vols., by L. DiMiTZ, 

 1897-1904 cont. 



UrkundensamtnluHg zur Geschickte der ungarischen Forstotirthscha/t by 

 ALBERT V. BEDO, 1896, in Magyar. 



Die Wirthscha/tlichen und Komtnerziellen Beschreibungtn der WSldrr 

 dei Ungarischen Staates, by A. v. BEDO, 2d edition, 1896, 4 vols., 2242 pp., 4 

 published as a jubilee of the ten-centennial existence of Hungary. First volume 

 contains the general description, third volume the details of government forests. 

 A magnificent work describing in detail the forests and forest management of 

 Hungary. This is briefed by the same author in a chapter in " The Millenium 

 of Hungary and itt People, by Jekblfall-ssy, 1897." 

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