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This timber wood per cent increased as follows 



The total net income from all the German state forests is 

 $1.80 per acre, or $63,000,000. Of this gross yield, 65 per 

 cent is for timber wood, from 3-10 per cent for by-products, 

 the balance for inferior wood materials. 



How well deserved the reputation of the German forest 

 administrations and financially how wise their maintenance 

 has been may be judged by a comparison with other forest 

 administrations. While in 1890 the German forest adminis- 

 trations showed a net revenue varying from $1.30 to $4.46 

 per acre, and in the average $1.80, the state forests of the 

 following countries yielded per acre in the period stated : — 



France 1897 . . 



Austria 1887-1893 



Hungary 1 885-1 894 



Russia 1896 . . 



Sweden 1894 . . 



Italy 1893 . . 



Spain 1892 . . 



$1.05 

 .168 

 •32 

 .02 

 .48 

 •33 

 .172 



In France, which comes nearest to the German results, a 

 decline of gross yields has been noticeable in the last 40 years. 

 The decade of 1 860-1 869 showed a total yield of round 



