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districts, one moderate-sized factory could bottle many gross 

 of fruit, and could deal with the surplus product of all the 

 orchards in a district, and thus the fruit could be safely 

 preserved for winter use, instead of being sold at a loss, 

 rotting on the trees, or forming food for pigs. 



The Ministry for Finance in Hesse has issued as an appen- 

 dix to the State Budget for 1910 a publication which cannot 

 fail to be of great interest to landowners 

 Forestry in Hesse and others in England who are inter- 

 and some ested in forestry. The article 



other German deals with the Development of Forestry 

 States. . . . 



in Hesse during the last ten years, 



and contains besides some interest- 

 ing comparative tables for other German States. A careful 

 study of these figures is to be recommended to foresters and 

 owners of woods, for they show the results which are obtained 

 in Germany, and the directions in which improvements are 

 likely to be effected. 



The total area under the control of the Forestry Department 

 of Hesse was, in 1907, 453,440 acres, made up as follows : — 

 Family property of the Grand Ducal House, 175,578 acres; 

 State forest, 7,578 acres; State Domain forest, 36,111 acres; 

 Communal forest, 234,173 acres; total 453,440 acres. In the 

 same year the gross income from these forests was ,£579,198, 

 of which the Family and State forests yielded ^234,674 ; 

 State domain, ,£58,001 ; Communal forests, ,£286,523. 



In order to show the progress which has been made during 

 the last ten years, details are given of the returns from the 

 Grand Ducal forests. The present area of these forests is 

 175,577 acres, of which 11,683 acres have been acquired 

 during the last ten years, while 1,904 acres were added during 

 the period 1889- 1899. 



Returns from the Forests. — During the period 1889/90- 

 1899/ 1900 the average yearly yield was 12,281,752 cubic feet, 

 while during the second period of ten years ( 1899/ 1900- 

 1909/1910) the average yield was 14,297,488 cubic feet. This 

 indicates an increased yearly yield of 2,015,736 cubic feet, 

 of which 488,355 cubic feet is due to the increased area of 



