1901 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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conditions can do in shaping the manage- 

 ment of a forest. The well-stocked Win- 

 terthur forests, which begin within a stone's 

 throw of the town, have produced a revenue 

 of $10 per acre per annum for the last thirty 

 years. They are managed with almost the 

 same care that we give to a garden, be- 

 cause through their nearness to an excel- 

 lent market the value of firewood and tim- 

 ber exceeds enormously the cost of raising 

 them. 



Whether the student sees something of 

 forest management in the Swiss Alps, or 

 in those of Bavaria or the Tyrol, will de- 

 pend upon the best economy of his time. 

 It is preferable that he should see it in 

 Switzerland, where the preservation of the 

 forests of the higher mountains is of vital 



valleys, that an urgent and successful pub- 

 lic appeal was made to the Government to 

 take their management into its own hands. 



On his way northword from Switzer- 

 land, the student will do well to see some 

 ranges of the middle and northern Schwarz- 

 wald. Of the former, Staufen is the best 

 known. It is the largest range in Baden, 

 and the management of its mountain for- 

 ests is particularly instructive. Of the 

 latter, the ranges of Baden-Baden, Wol- 

 fach, and Herrenwies are representative. 

 Wolfach, an excellent example of the se- 

 lection system, is full of suggestion for 

 American foresters. 



It is but a short distance into Bavaria 

 from the northern Black Forest. Bavaria 

 is rich in forests and presents a very wide 



Photograph taken by T. H Sherratd. 

 PURE STAND OF MATURE SII/VER FIR BLACK FOREST. 



importance. It was in Switzerland, that 

 reckless lumbering of the mountain forests 

 resulted in such serious damage from land- 

 slides and avalanches to farms in the Alpine 



range of local conditions. The Spessart is 

 well known and teaches forcible lessons 

 in sylviculture and national economy. It 

 has been thought best to describe this forest 



