6 CIECULAK 4 71, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 



Table 3. — Employment of forest workers in the State forests of Wurttemberg, 1925-32 





Number employed 



Average number of days 

 employed 



Aggregate employ- 

 ment 



Year 



Males 



Females 



All 



workers 



Males 



Females 



All 

 workers 



Total 

 number 

 of days 



Days per 



acre of 



timber 



area 



1925 



12, 311 

 12, 617 

 12, 992 

 12, 081 

 12, 123 

 12, 230 

 12, 771 

 11, 946 



7,702 

 8,788 

 8,258 

 7,858 

 7,820 

 7,942 

 7,719 

 6,998 



20, 013 



21, 405 

 21, 250 

 19, 939 



19, 943 

 20, 172 



20, 490 

 18,944 



91 

 98 

 87 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 80 

 62 



31 

 29 

 32 

 33 

 30 

 37 

 24 

 20 



68 

 70 

 66 

 69 

 68 

 70 

 59 

 47 



Thousands 

 1,356 

 1,486 

 1,393 

 1,368 

 1,348 

 1,419 

 1,207 

 886 



2.91 



1926 



3.19 



1927 



2.99 



1928 



1929 



1930 



2.94 

 2.89 

 3.04 



1931 



2.59 



1932. 



1.90 







Average 



12, 384 



7,886 



20, 270 



87 



30 



65 



1,308 



2.81 



EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE FORESTS OF BRUNSWICK 



In Brunswick (7) the total area of State forests was about 186,300 

 acres in 1928 and 187,000 acres in 1933. Approximately 94 percent 

 was forest land. The annual cut during the 6 years ended in 1933 

 averaged 11,860,000 cubic feet. The total number of workers and 

 the average number of days' work performed in a vear are shown in 

 table 4. 



Table 4. — Employment of forest workers in the State forests of Brunswick, 1928-33 





Number emploj'ed 



Average number of days 

 employed 



Aggregate employ- 

 ment 



Year 



Males 



Females 



All 



workers 



Males 



Females 



All 

 workers 



Total 

 number 

 of days 



Days per 



acre of 



limber 



area 



1928 



2,532 

 2,054 

 1,757 

 1,616 

 1,581 

 1,955 



1,346 

 1,333 

 1,234 

 1,386 

 1,330 

 " 1, 230 



3,878 

 3,387 

 2,991 

 3,002 

 2,911 

 3,185 







97 

 102 

 97 

 75 

 68 

 86 



Thousands 

 377 

 346 

 290 

 225 

 197 

 273 



2.15 



1929 







1.97 



1930 







1. 65 



1931 



1932 



1933 



116 

 105 

 123 



27 

 24 

 26 



1.28 

 1.12 

 1.56 



Average 



1,916 



1,310 



3,226 



i 115 



126 



88 



285 



1.62 



i Average for 1931-33. 

 WORK VOLUME AND INTENSITY OF FOREST MANAGEMENT 



Increasing intensity of forest management not only tends to increase 

 timber yields but also requires more work. Dieterich (11) points out 

 the need for and possibility of increasing employment opportunities 

 in certain regions where permanent settlement depends in part on 

 work off the farms. In the Bavarian Forest of eastern Bavaria, for 

 instance, he estimates that the 250,000 acres of farm woods could 

 give 500,000 to 600,000 more days of employment than they do now 

 if they were handled like the State forests. As it is, litter raking, 

 grazing, and overcutting have reduced their growing stock so that 

 only 19 percent of the spruce is over 60 years old, as against 47 percent 



