NOTES. 



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4. The relation between prices for wood and for wheat and 

 rye shows a tendency in favor of greater rise in profits from 

 forestry than from grain production. 



5. Prices promise to rise further for an indeterminable 

 time. 



This last prediction seems so far to have proved correct, as 

 the following records from Upper Bavaria show. As an 

 average result of yearly s?iles, round timber, f. o. b. boat, 

 brought in — 



Year. 



Cents 



per 



cu.ft. 



Year. 



Cents 



per 



cu. ft. 



1886 

 1890 

 1894 



2.2 

 2-33 



2-93 



1896 



1897 



2.83 

 2.98 



The prices for boards (i inch, i6-foot lengths) was per 

 Mft., B.M.: — 



To gain an idea of the appreciation of the wood product, 

 without reference to kind, size, and quality, the following 

 series of figures will serve : — 



Average Price per 100 Cubic Feet of Wood realized 

 BY THE Prussian Government for its Entire Crop 

 (about 300,000,000 Cubic Feet). 



1850 $3-27 



185s 3-66 



i860 ^ . ■ 3-69 



