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ley of the Rhine and in the Odenwald. The prevailing 

 kind of trees is the spruce. Reforesting is effected by 

 seed from standing trees; also by planting trees; in some 

 rare cases by artificial sowing, the latter in the case of 

 Scotch pine. There is a gradual increase of crop. The 

 usual method of cutting the crop consists in cutting the 

 mature trees and covers at periods, as a rule, from thirty 

 to forty years, with longer or shorter intervals. Cutting 

 in blocks clean (pines and Scotch firs) in exposed stormy 

 situations is less frequent. According to paragraph 29 of 

 the forest law of Baden of the year 1833, no part of any 

 forest is allowed to be kept uncultivated. 



The forest service ranks equally with other branches of 

 the public service, and is comprised in Class D of the 

 tariff of salaries. Seven members of the Administration 

 of Forests and Domains (which forms a part of the Treas- 

 ury Department) are the highest forest officers. They 

 bear the title of Councillors of the Forest Board, and 

 have a salary not exceeding $1,380, and $147 for ex- 

 penses. 



Besides the state forest there are community and cor- 

 poration forests, covering a total surface of 555,069 acres, 

 which are managed on the same principles as the state 

 forests. 



PRIVATE FORESTS. 



About one-third of all private forests is managed on 

 forestry principles. The total forest product of the 

 country increases gradually. 



