322 ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY. 



and supervision of forests belonging to villages, 

 towns, and other public corporations, about one- 

 third of the forest area, places all the forests un- 

 der this category under direct state supervision ; 

 there being a special division of corporation or 

 municipal forests in connection with the state 

 forestry bureau. The law demands that all cor- 

 poration forests be managed in accordance with 

 the principles of a continued supply, the same as 

 the state forests. The corporation may employ 

 its own foresters, but these must be approved by 

 the forestry bureau and are responsible for the 

 proper execution of the plans of management. 

 These plans are prepared by the foresters and 

 must be approved by the state forest authorities. 

 If preferred, the corporation may leave the man- 

 agement of its forests entirely to the state au- 

 thorities. This is always done if a corporation 

 neglects to fill the position of its forester within 

 a certain period after it becomes vacant. Where 

 the state forest authorities manage either corpora- 

 tion or private forest, the forest is charged with eight 

 cents per acre and year for this administration. 

 This fee is generally less than it costs, so that the 

 state has been really making a sacrifice so far in 

 providing a satisfactory management for these 

 forests. 



The forest policy of Baden has also been con- 

 servative for a long time, and there is no state 

 in Germany where the general conditions of the 



