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ble to have game in the forests for other considerations 

 than that of its rental value, and chiefly from the fact 

 that it adds interest to the forest, and in this way attracts 

 the attention of parties who otherwise would not be so 

 much interested in it. There is a great deal of sentiment 

 attached to the presence of this game among the foresters 

 themseh'es, and it is said that were it not for this senti- 

 ment, Germany could never keep as fine a body of men in 

 it£ forestry service as it now has. In the renting of land 

 as a game preserve, it is customary to limit the number 

 of deer, etc., that shall be killed in any one season. It is 

 customary to make an estimate of the game of the forest 

 ranges each year. In the case of deer this is done by 

 feeding them in paddocks during the winter. 



Government Supervision of Forests in Germany. It 

 is the policy of the government in most of the German 

 pro\'inces not to interfere more than is necessary in the 

 management of private v/oodlands, although the custom 

 varies in the different provinces. On this account, where 

 the land is not much broken, there are few requirements 

 in regard to maintaining forests; but where the land is 

 much broken, as is the case in the Bavarian Alps and the 

 Black Forest, it is sometimes customary to require pri- 

 vate owners to deposit the cost of replanting their land 

 when they cut their timber, and if they do not attend to the 

 replanting within a certain period it is done by the gov- 

 ernment. It is the very general settled policy of the 

 provincial governments to keep in forest about the same 

 area that is now devoted to this purpose, and since the 

 water powers in the valleys are dependent for the regular- 

 ity of their supply upon the forests that are upon the 

 mountain sides, the government reasons that the exer- 

 cise of some sup(;rvision in this matter is necessary for 

 the well-being of all. Where forests are owned by munici- 

 palities, the municipal authorities can generally hire their 



