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Identifier: annualreport671913newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York State Museum
Subjects: New York State Museum Science Science
Publisher: Albany : University of the State of New York
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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orFriedrich. The underlying 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 i8c6 the Gramschatz forest was owned by the archbishop ofWiirzburg, 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
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