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average price obtained per cubic foot. Both factors, apart 

 from methods of treatment, climate, soil, and market condi- 

 tions, depend on the ratio between the area under hardwoods 

 and the area under conifers. 



State. 



Saxe-Weimar. 



Saxony 



Saxe-M. 



Brunswick 

 Wiirtte nberg. 

 Bavaria 

 Hesse ... 



Baden .. 



Total area of Forest 

 under working plan 

 Acres. 



115,255 State Forest 



445,010 State Forest 



no, 379 Demesne Forest 



210,730 State 

 48,363 Communal, &c. 



483,727 State 



432,915 Corporate bodies 



916,642 



' 2 »357,754 Imperial 



964,552 Communal, &c. 



.3,322,306 



I 75,577 Grand Ducal 

 277,863 Various 



234,203 State 

 590,826Communal, &c. 

 49,489 Corporate bodies 



880,518 



o <u 

 D o 



3-493 



.599 



5,868 



6,111 



8,7i9 



8,633 



5 p c ! t P >- 

 C t> „, u «j «f* 



1 s - g I -a 2 



64 I 1,801 



208 ; 2,139 



35 3-154 



233 



180 



3,954 



s. d. 



3 4 



<u o o 

 E -fr. 



[O o 



24 5 

 24 1 



13 1 



* Refers to Grand Ducal Forests. 



It is a well-known fact that conifers, especially spruce and 

 silver fir, can be worked on a shorter rotation and give a 

 greater annual increment with a greater percentage of useful 

 timber than broad-leaf species. Spruce and silver fir show 

 nearly double the increment of the common broad-leaf trees, 

 and yield 90 per cent, of useful timber at a lower cost for 

 conversion of the crop, whereas with oak the figure is 35 per 

 cent., and with beech only 22 per cent, of the whole timber 

 yield. 



In the following table the percentages of forest area under 

 conifers and under broad-leaf trees are shown, together with 

 other relevant figures. From this it will be seen that the 

 greater the proportional area under conifers (with the excep- 

 tion of Wurttemberg) the greater the proportion of useful 

 timber, and the greater the average price per foot for the 

 whole. 



