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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 





Yield of IV ood, 1899-1900. 











Actual amount. Total cut. 



Amount 

 per acre. 



Timber (nutzholz) a 



Cubicfeet. 

 706,564,000 

 630,032,000 



Per cent. 

 41.4 

 36.9 



Cubicfeet. 

 20 2 



Firewood 



17 9 





inches diameter (derbholz) a 





Total of wood over 2| 



1,336,596,000 

 369,627,000 



78.3 

 21.7 



38 1 



Stump and fagot wood 













Total production 



1,706,223,000 



100.0 



48 7 







a Derbholz is a general term for all wood over 2f inches in diameter atihe small end; therefore this term 

 will cover saw logs, mine timber, posts, poles, and also such firewood as exceeds this dimension. Nutzholz 

 applies only to saw-log timber, in distinction from all other kinds of derbholz. 



Table 17.. — Yield of all German forests, by states, for the year 1899-1900. 



States. 



Timber. 



Per cent 

 of derb- 

 holz. 



Firewood. 



Per cent 

 of derb- 

 holz. 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Wurttemberg 



Baden 



Hesse 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin 



Saxe-Weimar 



Mecklenburg-Strelitz 



Oldenburg 



Brunswick 



Saxe-Meiningen 



Saxe-Altenburg 



Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 



Anhalt 



Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 



Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 



Waldeck 



Reuss (elder line) 



Reuss (younger line) 



Schauniburg-Lippe 



Lippe 



Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. 

 Alsace-Lorraine 



Cubicfeet. 



341,033,000 



153,026,000 



36,818,000 



44,972,000 



39,889,000 



10,308,000 



9; 460, 000 



5,824,000 



2, 365, 000 



1, 447, 000 



7,272,000 



6,884,000 



3,177,000 



3,636,000 



3, 106, 000 



1,694,000 



2, 612, 000 



1,024,000 



812,000 



3,459,000 



494, 000 



1, 165, 000 



141,000 



25,946,000 



53.5 

 53.0 

 75.1 

 55.1 

 48.0 

 35.7 

 33.2 

 55.8 

 40.8 

 54.7 

 49.2 

 57.3 

 67.7 

 55.4 

 52.7 

 58.5 

 67.3 

 33.7 

 74.2 

 82.4 

 63.6 

 36.7 

 26.7 

 45.8 



Cubicfeet. 



296,308,000 



135,976,000 



12,214,000 



36,712,000 



43,242,000 



18,532,000 



19,062,000 



4, 624, 000 



3,424,000 



1,200,000 



7,519,000 



5,118,000 



1,518,000 



2,930,000 



2,789,000 



1,200,000 



1,271,000 



2,012,000 



282,000 



741,000 



282,000 



2,012,000 



388,000 



30, 676, 000 



46.5 

 47.0 

 24.9 

 44.9 

 52.0 

 64.3 

 66.8 

 44.2 

 59.2 

 45.3 

 50.8 

 42.7 

 32.3 

 44.6 

 47.3 

 41.5 

 32.7 

 66.3 

 25.8 

 17.6 

 36.4 

 63.3 

 73.3 

 54.2 



German Empire ' 706, 564, 000 



52.9 



630,032,000 



47.1 



States. 



Total yield 

 of derbholz. 



Derbholz 

 per acre. 



Stump and fagot wood. 



Total. 



Per acre. 



Prussia 



Cubicfeet. 



637,341,000 



289,002,000 



49,032,000 



81,684,000 



83,131,000 



28,840,000 



28,522,000 



10,448,000 



5,789,000 



2,647,000 



14,791,000 



12,002,000 



4,695,000 



6,566,000 



5,895,000 



2,894,000 



3,883,000 



3,036,000 



1,094,000 



4,200,000 



776,000 



3,177,000 



^ 529,000 



56,622,000 



Cubicfeet. 

 30.8 

 46.9 

 51.0 

 54.4 

 58.6 

 48.0 

 48.1 

 44.9 

 37.3 

 15.5 

 54.2 

 46.2 

 52.2 

 44.1 

 40.8 

 43.3 

 37.6 

 28.4 

 39.0 

 53.9 

 45.0 

 38.0 

 35.7 

 51.5 



Cubicfeet. 



225,108,000 



17,085,000 



16,485,000 



21,498,000 



22,416,000 



13,449,000 



6,460,000 



3,742,000 



741,000 



1,447,000 



4,907,000 



4,307,000 



1,765,000 



2,436,000 



2,153,000 



565,000 



1,200,000 



1,624,000 



459,000 



1,977,000 



459,000 



988,000 



459,000 



17,897,000 



Cubicfeet. 

 10.9 



Bavaria 



2.8 



Saxony 



16.9 



Wurttemberg. 



14.3 



Baden 



15.7 



Hesse . . 



22.5 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin 



10.9 





16.0 



Mecklenburg-Strelitz 



4.8 



Oldenburg 



8.5 



Brunswick 



17.9 



Saxe-Meiningen . . 



16.7 



Saxe-Altenburg . . . 



19.8 



Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 



16.2 



Anhalt 



14.8 





8.8 



Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . . . . . 



11.9 



Waldeck 



15.2 





15.8 



Reuss (younger line). 



25.1 



Schaumburg-Lippe .* 



27.0 



Lippe 



11.7 





30.5 



Alsace-Lorraine.. 



16.4 







German Empire 



1,336,596,000 



38. 1 



369,627,000 



10.6 







