GERMAN CASE 23 



This document is submitted to the local Forester, where it receives 

 the most critical examination. It then goes to the office of "Regula- 

 tion, and, if no controversies come up, receives the approval of the 

 highest official. It is copied, and one copy goes to the local Forester 

 w'ho then works according to .this plan for the next 20 years. At 

 the end of 10 years there is a special inspection and, at least in some 

 states (Bavaria) there is a new allotment of Stands, so as to give 

 the forester a considerable number of stands to select from each 

 year. At this revision new detail plans are made. 



IT) The above outline suffices to show that the task of regula- 

 tion as described in the textbook is feasible and perfectly practical ; 

 that each revision merely improves the plan ; that this new plan does 

 particularly two things : 



a) It keeps the office (owner) informed of the exact condition 

 of every stand on the property. 



b) It adapts the work in the forest to these conditions. The 

 above also shows, why the German textbook does not go into the 

 matter of survey, timber estimating and description such as is needed 

 in our wild woods, and why therefore these textbooks seem so far 

 removed from the actual task of the American Forester. 



