Practice of Working Plans 



CHAPTER I 



IN EUROPE 



SECTION ONE 



GERMANY 



The chief States of Germany from the standpoint of forestry- 

 are: Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wiirttemberg, Baden, and 

 Alsace-Lorraine. For each of these will be given, after a sum- 

 mary of the sahent conditions, such as size of country and 

 f6rests, topography, species, markets, etc., a brief review of the 

 history of working plans, the chief foundations of plans, the 

 methods of regulating the cut, and the prescriptions for control 

 and revision of the working plan. The same scheme will be 

 followed for the data about France and Austria (Sections 2 and 3). 



I. Prussia 



Prussia is by far the largest of the German States, with 

 86,118,526 acres, or about 65 per cent, of the total German 

 Empire. Of these 86,118,526 acres, 20,427,179 acres, or 23.72 

 per cent, are in forest. 



Prussia contains widely varying topography, from the very 

 characteristic plains of the northeast to the lesser ranges along 

 the Austrian frontier (Riesengebirge) and in the east-central 

 portions (Harz, Teutoburger Wald, Taunus, etc.). 



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