GERMAN CASE 13 



Level, rolling and some foothill country, north of the Alps. 



Three Working Sections, or Parts to plan for separately : 



Xo. I. 6000 acres Spruce, Rotation 100 years ; Clear Cut and 

 plant ; 



Xo. II. 3000 acres Beech; Shelterwood ; Rotation 120 years. 



Xo.JlI. looo acres mixed forest, Beech, Spruce and Balsam; 

 selection forest; period of return 15 years, Rotation about 150 years. 



Good market ; roads ; country well populated. 



c) Plan to be made as the work of a General 2O-year Revision. 

 ("H'aupt revision''.) 



1) In 1913 the Forester of this forest makes a report in which 

 he states : 



a) All important results; cut of timber, income and expenses; 

 changes, improvements, plantations, accidents, etc., as recorded in 

 his office during the last 20 years. 



b) Recommendations, or suggestions regarding all important 

 points in the Working Plan. 



2) In 1914 a technically trained forester of the Office of Forest 

 Regulation is detailed to the task of making a new Working Plan 

 for this forest. He is allowed such help as he may need. He has 

 in his possession the present Working Plan, maps and the report 

 of the Forester, furnishing all the information, as spoken of above. 

 In most cases he has never been on this forest before. 



d) Gathering the Information. This man goes over every 

 stand in the forest, and describes the stand and its present conditions 

 with the following distinctions : 



i ) Description of young and middle age, sound stands. This 

 is quite simple, he merely needs to note: 



a) How fully is the land covered by timber, i. e., degree of 

 stocking. 



b) Health and thrift of stand. 



c) Care it has received: i. e., has it been properly thinned. 



d) Age is noted, though of course he knows this from the 

 records. 



e) Suggestions as to what should be done. 



This part of the work goes fast ; it is chiefly a matter of travel, 

 for the quality of the work depends on how much of each stand he 

 has actually seen, and in these dense forests, in young stands, the 

 distance of vision is not great. 



