Certain features of German forestry . rlying rock is fresh limestone and cupar limestone, thedisintegration of which results in a deep and fertile soil. Insome of the quarries from which stone for the roads is taken arefound large petrified shells, some of which have a diameter of 10inches, while petrified mollusks and fishes are common in the rockof this section. The rich soil is responsible for the prosperous agri-cultural communities here. The 400 inhabitants of the village ofGramschatz are said to be very wealthy. The village, however,owns no timber land as do most other German villages, b
Certain features of German forestry . rlying rock is fresh limestone and cupar limestone, thedisintegration of which results in a deep and fertile soil. Insome of the quarries from which stone for the roads is taken arefound large petrified shells, some of which have a diameter of 10inches, while petrified mollusks and fishes are common in the rockof this section. The rich soil is responsible for the prosperous agri-cultural communities here. The 400 inhabitants of the village ofGramschatz are said to be very wealthy. The village, however,owns no timber land as do most other German villages, but isforced to obtain its supplies from the state forests. This mayexplain the high price of fuel wood, for which is being paid as highas $15 a cord in the woods. In 1806 the Gramschatz forest was owned by the archbishop ofWtirzburg, who used it as a hunting park. Old ponds made forthe deer to bathe in and ditches used for the drives are still to beseen here and there in the woods. The forest was formerly managed 0) ?(-> a I—I. 27 as coppice under standards, the coppice being treated in rotationsof 32 years, and consisting of hornbeam, basswood, birch, oak andbeech. The white oaks and beech were the standards for the formercoppice and there is still left an enormous number of these primewhite oaks, which are being gradually cut. The Gramschatz administration receives for its timber, pricesranging from $15 to $100 a cubic meter, the latter price for thebest veneer oak. The gross receipts obtained at the auctions oftimber aggregate over $60,000 a year for this range. The coppice under standards system began in 1806, when thearchbishop was deprived of his possessions, which were then madeover to the Reichsverweser. In 1814 the lands were turned overto the kingdom of Bavaria, which continued to cut down the coppicewoods and to replace them by a high forest. The pole woods ofbeech, now over 90 years old, are particularly fine, excelling instraight trunks and rapid growth. The h
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