FORESTS AND EMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY 5 



Table 1. — Employment of forest workers in the State forests of Prussia, 1926-34 





Number employed 



Average number of days 

 employed 



Aggregate employment 



Year and type of labor 



Males 



Fe- 

 males 



All 

 workers 



Males 



Fe- 

 males 



All 

 workers 



Total 



number 



Days per acre 

 of— 





of 

 days 



Gross 

 area 



Timber 

 area 



1926- 



Thou- 

 sands 

 85.9 

 83.2 

 76.1 

 73.9 

 71.6 

 70.0 



70.2 

 17.2 



92.9 

 21.1 



99.2 

 11.3 



Thou- 

 sands 

 61.2 

 60.4 

 58.4 

 60.0 

 58.1 

 56.6 



44.1 

 45.4 

 43.6 



Thou- 

 sands 

 147.1 

 143. 6 

 134.5 

 133.9 

 129.7 

 126.6 



114.3 

 17.2 



138.3 



21. 1 



142.8 

 11.3 



94 

 98 

 101 

 98 

 95 

 86 



70 

 52 



73 

 75 



84 

 91 



28 

 29 

 28 

 27 

 26 

 23 



14 



18 

 21 



67 

 67 

 69 

 66 

 64 

 58 



48 

 52 



54 

 75 



64 

 91 



Thou- 

 sands 

 9,817 

 9,867 

 9,321 

 8,816 

 8, 297 

 7,343 



5,563 

 895 



7,589 

 1,585 



9,207 

 1,035 



1.64 

 1.62 

 1.51 

 1.45 

 1.36 

 1.20 



.91 

 .14 



1.23 

 .26 



1.49 

 .17 



1.83 



1927.... 



1.81 



1928 



1929 . 



1930 



1.71 

 1.61 

 1.51 



1931 



1.33 



1932: 



Ordinary laborers 



Labor service enrollees.- 



1933: 



Ordinary laborers 



Labor service enrollees__ 



1934: 



Ordinary laborers 



Labor service enrollees.- 



1.01 

 .16 



1.36 

 .29 



1.65 

 .19 





85.8 



54.2 



140.0 



87 



24 



63 



8,814 



1.45 



1.61 







Table 2. — Employment of forest workers in the State forests of Bavaria, 1924-33 1 





Number employed 



Aggregate employ- 

 ment 



Year 



Men 



Women 



Children 

 under 16 



Total 



Total days 



Days per 



acre of 



timber 



area 



1924 











Thousands 

 4,134 

 5,019 

 4,716 

 4,612 

 4,403 

 3,725 

 2,909 

 2,187 

 3 3, 562 



2.00 



1925 



36, 576 



18, 725 



6,442 



2 61, 743 



2.43 



1926 



2.28 



1927 











2.22 



1929 











2. 11 



1930 











1.79 



1931— 



17, 230 



17, 206 



2,283 



a 36, 719 



1.40 



1932 



1.05 



1933 











1.70 















Average 











3,919 



1.89 















1 Figures for 1928 were not obtained. 



2 Average number of days employed (all workers) was 81 in 1925 and 79 in 1931. 



8 Includes 2,240,000 days of regular work and 1,322,000 days of emergency work to relieve unemployment 



EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE FORESTS OF WURTTEMBERG 



During the 8 years 1925-32 the area of State forests in Wurttemberg 

 (41) increased very little; it averaged slightly more than 500,000 

 acres. All but about 34,000 acres was timber-producing land. The 

 average annual cut during the period was 40,700,000 cubic feet. The 

 area planted annually averaged a little less than 5,000 acres. The 

 volume of work and numbers of laborers are shown in table 3. 



