48 FOREST COJIMISSIOXER'S REPORT. 



as evergreen growth was concerned, for the future. These facts 

 are thoroughly typical. If it could be closely examiued into, I 

 think it would be found that a large portion of the early pine of 

 the State sprung up on land that was in some way cleared, 

 Ceitain it is that in the dense forest pine dots not extensively 

 reproduce itself. We must look elsewhere for the supplies of the 

 future. 



We have wandered widely from the original topic of discussion. 

 The other species on this half acre can be disposed of briefly. Tlie 

 few white birch and poplar doubtless started with the pine Prob- 

 ably many mure started which were crowded out, for the seeds of 

 these two species travel so widely that they can be thought of as 

 everywhere present. They form no part of the undergrowth how- 

 ever. A few cedar and hemlock were noted. Both species of a 

 slow growth that f-tand shade well, everything contributed to their 

 being small and inconspicuous. Yellow birch and some kind or 

 other of our maples seem to be species that will be found almost 

 everywhere. Jn many places on this burnt tract they form the pre- 

 dominant species. Small fir forms a feature of most acres of 

 timberland. Much less frequently does it persist to a merchantable 

 size. 



A paragraph as to the annual production is well worth insertion. 

 The total stand of this piece of ground is estimated at nearly 4,800 

 cubic feet for the pine and 5,365 for all species This is the p; oduct of 

 sixty-eight years growth which on the average comes to about eighty- 

 one cubic feet per year. However since during the adolescence of 

 the trees it must have been extremely small, the yearly growth now 

 must be at least 100 cubic feet. This cannot be taken as an average 

 of the country, for this is professedl}' an extra well covered acre. 

 Neither can it be considered typical for any other species, since 

 pine grows much faster than most of its competitors. Such infer- 

 ences as can be drawn however are worth drawing. If we suppose 

 fift)' cubic feet to be added to the merchantable timber, and that in 

 this case would seem to be within the mark, the yearly addilion to 

 the stand of lumber per acre would be something like 3' board 

 feet. 



A prominent feature of the growth on this burnt district is white 

 birch. From the lightness of their seeds it appears that birch and 

 popular are widest spread and fill up when other species and modes 

 of reproduction fail. A mill on Schoodic lake makes available the 



