Show WEll HANDLED BY THE GERMANS Forest Resources Thoroughly Utilized d Q Govern Government Government ment of the Kaiser LANDS HIGHLY DEVELOPED INTERESTING REPORT FROM AMERICAN CONSUL C Washington Oct ONo nation In the thorough utilization of world makes more Its It forest resources than Germany Germant Many Ja r rears awakened a to the that country years ears ago methods necessity of applying the same management e of business bu Iness economy to the manaBe its to that are applied of its forest foiest lands is that operations in trade and the result Germanys practice of forestry has served as a model Tor for all other countries William C United States con consul consul consul sul at Germany in a recent report lays special stress on the fact tact that the country in the state forests of that inferior tree species are being rejected and excluded by the foresters in charge taking their places It ItIs ItIs and the best are Is also als shown that the forests have hae been of development develop development development brought to so high a state ment that the net income year ear after year shows little more variation than Is seen in the yearly early harvests from agricultural lands Revenue in Saxony The state forests fOl of t f Saxony are cited by b Mr as an example of high de development development development of resources From a total for forest forest forest est area of only acres a net reve revenue revenue revenue nue of was realized in 1006 1906 and ana that was about the average income during each of the ten preceding years ears The im importance of these figures is only realized when it is known that SaOn s net reve revenue revenue nue flue from Jess Jes than a halt million acres is greater gr at thap the gross revenue e of the United Spates S with Uh J Its Us acres s Of course the answer anse is that this forests are In a very much lower state of development than Is the case In Europe and Uncle Sam is only seeking to t pay the cost of administration and protection of the forests instead of seeking to swell the revenue revenue Careful Selection German foresters resters f select kinds of trees In the same manner as the progressive stockman picks his bis breeds of ot stock The Th cattle g wastes no time or or money scrawny and Inferior breeds but raises Durhams Jerseys or others which pay pa best In Germany German they plant trees which pay pa best and the low grade and inferior species are gradually disappearing from the forests where they the i once grew The tree which w produces the most of the best bent grade with the least care and expense Is selected because it pays nays best Mr cites the Norway spruce now extensively grown in the Saxon for forests forests forests ests as an instance of a superior species replacing timbers of low lower r grade It is planted because It produces so much wood and can be turned to many uses The trunk is so well proportioned that Mr says sa s SO W per cent of the tree Is fit for structural purposes Formerly the beech held an nt place in that region but only 20 per cent of its trunk was available for lumber and as a 3 con consequence consequence consequence sequence the beech Is no longer exten extensively extensively planted In Saxony while the Nor Norway Norway Norway way spruce now predominates pre United States Forests The forests of ot the United States con contain contain tain tam a profusion of species planted in natures swa way and growing as best they the can The forest service is giving them every chance possible by b protecting them against ag fires nOd and other destructive agents But everybody ever bo y knows that there is a wide difference in the value alue of the th wood of different species and as forestry devel develops develops develops ops and tree growing is brought more under mans ma s l It may be expected that results r here will be similar to what is seen in Germany Unproductive trees will cease to cumber the land and species of ot greater value will take their place The tendency in that direction is already to be seen in the forest services tree planting The best kinds only are select selected ed edthe the pines oaks caks ashes eucalyptus lo locust locust locust cust and others which will be profitable Nobody is planting buckeye beech sycamore sycamore sycamore more or dogwood or expecting them to become valuable for timber It is well understood that good timber is as easily grown as poor and its value is very ve much greater |