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NOTES ON FoRKST MANA<JK.MKNT IN GERMANY.* 



The following extracts are made t'nmi a work published by Sir Dietrich 

 I'.randis to facilitate the instruction o!' senior Forest students at the Cooper's Hill 

 Royal Indian Engineering College, England, and deal with the subject of Forest 

 Management in Western (Jrrmany. Though intended primarily for Indian Forest 

 < Mlicers, they arc not without a hearing on the subject of Forestry in Ontario ; 



The character of modern forestry may be said to consist in this, that each 

 portion of tin.- forest is treated with special regard to the peculiar conditions of 

 locality and the requirements of the growing stock, while due attention is 

 constantly paid to the systematic arrangements of the entire forest range. The 

 working plans prepared at che present time are elastic, and they are carefully 

 framed to adapt themselves to the circumstances of the case. 



BADEN FOIJEST ADMINISTRATION ; BLOCKS OF THE WOLFSBODEN RANGE. 



Block 1 (compartments 1-72.) Aha, 2,053 hectares, comprises the valley of 

 the Aha stream, as well as the northern slopes of the range which separates the 

 Alb valley from the Schluchsee, and the head waters of the Aha stream, 884 to 

 1,300 m. Spruce is the prevailing tree, with silver fir at lower elevations and 

 beech near the top of the ridge. Pinus montana and Scotch pine in and near 

 peat bogs at the head of the lake, and on the head waters of its feeders. 



Block 2 (compartments 1-61.) Alb, 1,679 hectares, occupies the south-western 

 slopes of the range mentioned under Block 1 above and opposite to St. Blassien, 

 and a small area situated between the two branches of the Alb above their junc- 

 ture, elevation 770 to 1,270 m. Spruce is the dominating tree, with silver fir 

 here and there, occasionally up to one-fourth of the growing stock. Beech more 

 abundant near the top of the ridge. Scotch pine in a few places on steep and dry 

 slope, with a south-westerly aspect (compartments 7 and 8.) Very good natural 

 reproduction on the piece situated between the two branches of the Alb, over- 

 looking the northern branch, in compartments 40 and 44. Young poles of 

 excellent growth, mainly spruce, with a little beech and silver fir, 430 cub. m. 

 per hect., at 950 m. mean elevation in compartment, 28. Fine old forest though 

 not completely stocked, spruce with 25 per cent, silver fir 100 to 150 years old, 

 with 100 cub. m. per hect. in compartments 32 and 33, on opposite sides of the 

 small valley leading to Muchleland. Also near the southeast end of the block, 

 at a similar elevation part of compartments 7 and 8 stocked with spruce mixed 

 with silver fir and beech, 70 to 150 years old, with 650 to 800 cub. m. per hect. 

 A large extent, the greater part of compartments 14, 15, 23, 24 with portions of 

 the adjoining compartment, nearly 100 hect. of mostly pure spruce 60 to 1UO 

 years old on the top of the hill called Botzberg, which overhangs St. Blassien, 

 between 1,100 m. and 1,270 m. The forest is completely stocked, the soil is good, 

 with a dense covering of moss, the climate very moist, but the trees are short. 

 The growth is slow, and hence there is not so much timber upon the ground as 

 there might otherwise be, 300-350 cub. m. per hect. The reason is the high 

 elevation and severe climate. At a lower elevation the growing stock of the 

 same age in such a locality would be much larger. According to old traditions 

 the trees were habitually felled while the snow was on the ground, and this 

 agrees with the remains of the stumps 2 m. high overgrown with* moss, standing 

 in these and other compartments. On the tops of such stumps the seed of the 



*By Sir Dietrich Brandis K.C.I.E., Ph.D., F.R.S., late Inspector-General of Forests to the Govern 

 ment of India. 



