QUANDT'S EARLY OCCUPATION

PRUSSIAN FORESTS

Each state of the German federation administers its own forest.  All of the States practiced forestry with success.  The results obtained by Prussia are particularly interesting, for they show how forests were kept constantly improving under a system of management which yield a handsome profit.

The Prussian forests covered nearly 7,000,000 acres.  When forestry was begun a great part of them had been injured by mismanagement and the Prussian foresters had to solve the problem of improving the run-down forests out of the returns from those which were still in good condition. They solved it with striking success.

The method of management adopted called for a sustained yield -- that is, no more wood is cut than the forest produces.  Under this management the growth of the forest, and consequently the amount cut, rose sharply.  In 1830, the yield was 20 cubic feet per acre; 1865, 24 cubic feet; in 1890, 52 cubic feet, and in 1904, 65 cubic feet.  In other words, Prussian forests management had multiplied the rate of production threefold in about 75 years.  It went from 19% to 54%.

In this environment, DANIEL KARL QUANDT was born.  His father and grandfather were State Foresters.  They served in the Kreis (District) of Stolp in Prussia.  His folks moved from area to area in their service of managing the government's forests.

His grand folks had a home in what was called the QUANDTHEIDE.  It was located in the Parish of Loitz, Stolp, Prussia.  It is about 12 miles southwest of the City of Stolp.  There they managed the State Forests.

All of the children of DANIEL KARL QUANDT and PAULINE WILHELMINE RADDE were raised in the Kreis of Stolp, except the youngest, WALTER who was born in Detroit, Michigan.