148. 



Current, 



Pino, beech, oak, 



. ite I. 



(in cu.ft, } 



current growth coiaee to o ouudiuin vea.^ Qfir^ff in the life of 

 the stand; **t 40 yoars with pi#e and spruce; Soyewra with beech; at 12( 



(and oak) 



Total Growth 



in hundred cu.ft. 



/c a cert an age the maximum drops off and the timber gets ol< 

 Beech starts slowly but passes pine between 60-1QO years. Hie 

 > true of oak at 120*140 years, Then it reaches its maximum. 



Growth 



Value per cu.ft. in cente* 

 German prices lor 3ite 1, 



max* 



Pine adds heartwood as it gets older; it is different from sprue* 

 .3 is not regarded in the United states. 



Beech is used for firewood i;: northern Geroieny, In this respect 

 they are behind Michigan today in the proper Utilisation of beech tirabe] 

 The figures show it, too. 



Oak varies in different parts of Germany, It is often rejected ir 

 or of beech, which wg, would be glad to use. It ia raised for big tim* 

 ber (200 years for 25X ave.) in the Khine country and .France. Its chief 

 is vender. 



flhen a man pays $10 per K feet he pays 6.5 per cu,ft of logs, 

 counting 10 logs per ?.:, Tiiis ^iYe.s us & "basis? of comparison between the* 

 -uropean figures and our figures. 



