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WILDBAD.
CHAPT. III.
The following notices on tliis most important brauch of industry, will perhaps not prove uninteresting to the Observant reader.— The rafts of the Enz generally consist of 110 —180 trees, each, witli an Oblast (deals loaded upon the raff) of 500 — 700 pieces. The value of such a raft va- ries fron) 1000 to 1500 florins. At Jagstfcld four of these rafts are combincd to a Fahrt, and 8 Fahrts are united at Mannheim to a Ihlländerßoss, which contains in consequcnce from 3500 to 5700 trers, of a value of 32,000 to 18,000 florins. These rafts increase again as they float down the Rhine until they arrive in Holland, where they are taken asunder and sold, and from whcnce the raftmen return to their homes in numerous bands. The Wiirtemberg raftmen hoiv- ever seldom venture beyond Mannheim. In 1840 the fol- lowing quantities of wood where exported from the Wiir
temberg part of the Black Forest.
575 oaks ii 30 florins. 17,250 florins.
2,089 stems of Holland firs ii 46 fl. . 96,094 „
2,000 stems ( Messbalken) ii 23 fl. . . 46,000 „
800 stems ( Dickbalken ) ä 15 fl. . . 12,000 „
1,500 stems ( Kreuzballten ) ä 12 fl. . . 18,000 „
25,000 stems of measured wood ä 9 fl. 228,000 „
121,935 stems of common wood ä 3 fl. . 365,805 „
4,636 sawing blocks ä 3 fl. 30 kr. . . 16,226 „
180,946 ctwghts. of deals ä 54 kr. . . 162,852 „
2,497 cords of fir wood for fucl ä 9 fl. 22,473 „
6,671 pieces of timber ä 4 fl. 26,684 „
Total 1,008,384 florins. The prices of firewood were in the samc year, at an average, for the cord of 144 cubic feet
Oak wood . . 10 fl. 58 kr.
Beech „ . . . 12 „ 10 „
Fir „ 7 „ 14 „