The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-30
FORESTRY IN AUSTRIA

STATE Forester HAYES has received
ar account Df d fferRt inspection af
Austrian forests. made by be- class
uate az Yale, Mr j. y NoalHey ira
part q Nhieh IS given below
While market conditions for lum
her are not as good as .n some parts
~ Germany, there Is great deal u
Austria 10 repay = visit Of an Amer.
can forester Not Including Hun.
gary. there are about 8,s00.0O0 acres
aAned by the state " religious and
educational Institutions, whose forests
are managed hy the State These for.
esis are chiefly On mountains with ele.
vaiions varying from 600 TO 1900
feet above sea level. and are compos.
ed chiefly VI Norway Spruce, Silver
Fir Beech, and Horubcam, with some
larch, Pine, Oak, Chestnut, and other
Epecies
A highly developed forest admins
tration exists IL which the fotstefs
are officers IN the regular army, ~ in
many other European countries, the
different grades Of forcBters ranking
ull the was from llculrnants TO Major
Generals Also Ike other army Off
GERS. they receive pensions upon re
tirrment
oHe Of the most interesting, al
though most barren portions Of Eu-
rope II the so-called karst region,
which b. a limestone mountain range
trayefsing Austria along the Adria-
tic in several chains This region
which also includes Bosnia, Dalmatia
lsuia, ETC. Is a great rceky desert
the result Of the destruction Of for
ests N ancient times by fire, excessive
grazing and improper umbcring
FOR the last half century. the Aus
trian Government has spent great
deal o. money in reforcstiug this re-
Rion The chief tree used for this
purpose Ia the Austrian Pine, which
does particularly well on limestone
soil. 1900 trees are planted TO the
acre.
A. Marlabrunn a forest experiment
station is maintained which is carry
ing on many lines Of important inves
LEGATIONS Among the discoveries Of
this Station is the fact that the De.
Herndanis a. Silver Fir trees from
Southern Bohemia were almost twice
as tall as trees Vt the same variety
uhi age dos ended from trees grown
Ia Scotland, Western Norway, and
Finland Ia other words, il IS best
70 secure tree seed near where Il Is 10
he planted
The Austrian State Forests arc not
ss profitable a. those uf many Ger
man States, partly because they are
less developed and permanent i'm /
provemcnts stlll require a large ex.
peDditurc. These include such mat 4
ters a. road construction Mr. Wool. /
sey says "OuE tours were made in /
the official Limousine. which covered
some 20 20 p miles an hour over
these forest roads" Evidently the
roads are better than most American
country roads Another expense is In
construction % houses for workmen.
"A house for forest worknen costs
about 5000 a ranger station $4,000
and supervisors head quarters
81 COG
The famous Wienerwald. near the
tity u Vienna, ID o most interesting
forest Of 6 30n acres One portion
u this forest ig visited on summer
Sundays by from 10000 to 10000
people
Beech lumber sells in this forest at
a rate corresponding to SOS per thou.
sand board feet on the skidway. which
is about twi-c what II Is worth IN New
England, IN soma Of the Austrian
pine forests The trees arc boxed for
iurpcntine production.