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fined to the localities from which sure information has 

 been obtained. When the forester has ascertained the 

 slow or rapid growth of his timber, and the kind of tim- 

 ber predominating in his district, he may th-en apply some 

 such table as the following to calculate his stock and its 

 prospects : — 



Produce of a Fulda morgen equal to half an acre of 

 beech- wood, in a course of 120 years : — 



From column three we see that the annual growth 

 increases in the beech, under favourable circumstances of 



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