6 4 



NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



old, the first made in Germany for forest purposes. These stands 

 are upon abandoned pastures. The Baron von Hacke was an officer 

 in the Hessian regiments under George III, and after the American 

 Revolution returned to his impoverished soil bringing with him a 

 quantity of white pine seed. The trees of the original stand average 

 today 32 inches in diameter, breast high, and finer white pines are 

 not now often seen in our own land. Up to 30 years ago the abun- 

 dant regeneration was not preserved, but since that time, under a 

 different forest management, the natural stands have been preserved 

 and look as thrifty as those so frequently seen upon abandoned 

 fields in New England. 



At the head of a picturesque ravine near the village of Trippstatt, 

 the forestry associations of the Palatinate, Alsace, and Lorraine have 

 erected a tablet commemorating the introduction of white pine by 

 Baron von Hacke. From a window of the Hacke baronial mansion, 

 a fine old standstone structure, there is obtained a beautiful view 

 overlooking a small valley in which there were at one time iron mines 

 and furnaces and above which looms some old castle ruins dating 

 back into the middle ages. With this view before him, Schiller is 

 said to have composed the poem, "Der Gang nach dem Eisen- 

 hammer," in 1797, upon the occasion of a visit. The old baronial 

 mansion is now devoted to the uses of a forest ranger school where 

 boys are educated along general and technical lines beginning at 

 the age of 14 years. For its purpose it is well equipped, containing 

 excellent mineral and geological collections, wood specimens, fungi, 

 stuffed birds, insects etc. 



The following table shows the prices which were received for 

 cut- timber on the ground in the woods at Trippstatt. It will be 

 noticed that white pine here, as elsewhere in Germany, commands 

 a high price only when the logs will produce a very high grade of 

 lumber. For mine props, pulp, poles and firewood the white pine 

 is not highly esteemed. 



GRADES 



1 



2 



3 



4 



SPECIES 



Price in dollars per 

 1000 feet b. m. 



25 

 27 

 26 

 30 



45 



20 

 22 

 20 



23 

 26 



15 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 16 



11 



11 



12 



9 



Scotch pine 

 Spruce 

 Fir 

 Larch 

 White pine 



Diameter in inches . . . 



12 and up 



8 to 12 



6 to 8 



5 to 6 





