YIELD OP GERMAN FORESTS. 



221 



Yearly out per acre in the State and other forests of Germany (in million culric feet.) 



Cut per acre of forested aiea. 



For the entire Empire 



State forests ot— 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Wurttemberg 



Saxony 



Baden 



Alsace-Lorraine 



Hesse 



Mecklenburg Seh werin 



The entire Empire 



Corporation forests of the entire Empire a 

 Private forests of the entire Empne b 



lotal (in 



eluding 



stump and 



branch 



wood 



wheie 



used). 



Wood over 



3 inches 



(no stump 



wood). 



Timber 

 and bolt- 

 size mate- 

 rial (not 

 fire- wood). 



a Partly from official records, part estimate. 



b Generally estimated, as no accurate data aie mailable for any entire State. 



Using the above basis, the total annual cut of tlie country (in million cubic feet) is about as 

 follows: 



State. 



Entire Empire... 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Wurttemberg 



Saxony 



Baden 



Alsace-Lorraine 



Hesse 



Mecklenburg- Sch werin 



Total 



cut. 



,910 



,054 

 354.5 

 89.5 

 67.3 

 85.9 

 05. *J 

 34.8 

 30.7 



In the forests belonging to- 



States. 



710 



331 



153 

 38 



37.5 

 16.6 

 21.3 

 12.7 

 15 



Corpora 

 tions. 



370 



178 

 44 5 

 25 

 3.3 



47 

 33 

 12.1 



4.7 



Indn id- 

 uals. 



830 



545 



157 

 26.5 

 26.5 

 22.3 

 U 

 10 



CONSUMPTION OF WOOD MATERIALS. 



Thus Germany has a steady and increasing supply of over 1,900 million cubic feet of timber 

 per year (about one- tenth of our consumption) from the lands which in most other countries remaiu 

 barren wastes. Of these 1,900,000,000 there are near 600,000,000 cubic feet of saw timber and the 

 like, the rest being cord wood aud mostly firewood. Prom this it would appear that Germany 

 produces about 40 cubic feet of wood per head of population, and that of this about 12 cubic feet 

 are saw timber, etc., as against 350 and 50 cubic feet for our consumption. But in spite of the 

 great economy of wood this amount of home-raised material does not satisfy the demand of the 

 home markets, and Germany witli its 1,900,000,000 cubic.feet is to-day the second greatest importer 

 of wood, particularly of saw timber,* in the world. 



The import in this case means the excess of import over export, since naturally in all countries 

 an export of some timber takes place. 



Consumption of ivood (million cubic feet). 



Country. 



Germany 

 England 

 France . . 



Total. 



2,090 



591 



1,175 



Produced 

 at home. 



1,910 



140 



1,075 



Imported, 



180 

 451 

 100 



Log timher, etc. 



Produced 

 at home 



570 

 200 



Imported, 



180 

 451 

 100 



Per cent 

 imported. 



24 

 99 

 33 



Kelative 

 impor- 

 tance as 

 import- 

 ers. 



40 



100 



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