Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
GERMANY's FORESTS ARE
WELL TAKEN CARE OF
TIMBER LANDS HIGHLY DEvEL-
oPED BY EMPEROR
saxony's State Forests' Proportlonate
Revenue About 800 Times as
Much as That Of the
United States
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-No nation
in the world makes more thorough
utilization of It's forest resources than
Germany. Many years ago that coun-
try awakened to the necessity OF ap-
plying the same methods Of business
economy to the management of Its for
est lands that are applied to its opera
tions in trade, and the result Is that
Germany's practice of forestry has
served as a model for all other coun-
tries.
William c. Tiechman, United States
consul at Eibenstock, Germany, in re-
cent report lays special stress on the
fact that in the state forests of that
country the inferior tree species are
being rejected and excluded by the for
esters in charge and the best are TAX
| ing their places. 1t Is also shown that
| the forests have been brought to so
high state of development that the
net income year after year shows lit
| tie more variation than is seen in the
yearly harvests from agricultural
| lands
| The state forests Of Saxony are cited
| by Mr.. Tfechman as an example of high
| development of resources. From a
| total forest area of only 443,105 acres
| a net revenue of s2,126,037 was realized
| income during each of the ten preced-
ing years. The Importance of these
| figures is only realized when 1t is
known that Saxony's net revenue from
less than a half million acres Is greater
than the gross revenue of the United
States with its 156,000,000 acres. OF
course the answer is that this coun-
| try's forests are in very much lower
state of development than is the case
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| ing to pay the cost of administration
and protection of the forests instead of
seeking to swell the revenue.
Make Careful Selection
| German foresters select kinds of
| trees in the same manner as the pro-
| gressive stockman picks his breeds OF
| stock. The cattle grower wastes nc
| time or money with scrawny and in
| ferior breeds, but raises Durhams. AL
derneys, Jerseys or others which pay
best. In Germany they plant trees
which pay best, and the low grade and
inferior species are gradually disap-
| pearing from the forests where they
| once grew. The tree which produces
! the most lumber and of the best grade
with the least care and expense is
selected because 1t pays best.
Mr. Tiechman y cites the Norway
Saxon forests, as an instance of a
superior species replacing timbers of
lower grade. 1t is planted because 1t
produces so much wood and can be
turned to many uses. The trunk is SO
well proportioned that Mr.. Tiechman
says so per cent of the tree is fit for
structural purposes. Formerly the
beech held an important place in that
| region, but only 20 per cent of it's trunk
was available for lumber, and as a con-
sequence the beech is no longer eX-
tensively planted in Saxony. while the
Norway spruce now predominates.
The forests of the United States con-
tain profusion of species, planted in
natures way, and growing as best they
can. The forest service is giving them
every chance possible by protecting
them against fires and other destruc-
tive agents. But everybody knows
that there is a wide difference in the
value of the wood of different species,
and as forestry develops and tree
growing is brought more under mans
control 1t may be expected that results
here will be similar to what is seen in
Germany Unproductive trees will
cease to cumber the land and species Of
greater value will take their place.
The tendency in that direction is al
ready to be seen in the forest services
| tree planting. The best kinds only are
selected-the pines, oaks, ashes, euca-
lypts, locust and others which will be
profitable Nobody is planting buck
eye beech, sycamore or dogwood, or
expecting them to become valuable for
lumber 1t is well understood that
good timber is as easily grown as poor,
and it's value is very much greater.