FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 



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SUMIVIARY OF TREES ON AN ACRE IN TOWNSHIP NUMBER 6, 

 PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. 



Land Burnt in 1825. 



Species. 



~ ■n'O 



s u a 

 3.S2 



White birch . 

 Yellow birch 



Maple 



Fir 



Cedar 



Pine 



Beech 



Poplar 



Spruce 



156 

 8 



16 

 8 



1-2 

 8 

 4 

 4 

 



216 



* All under 3 inches diameter. 



Any general conception of the proportion of growth of different 

 kinds through this burnt tract would be verv hard to arrive at. 

 There is an infinite variety and mixture, and second-hand informa- 

 tion as to anything but merchantable lumber is seldom available. 

 Katahdiu Iron Works and the board of towns east and west from 

 Brownville have furnished and still possess large quantities of -'lat- 

 ter pine." The townships below Long A have furnished largesup- 

 plies of poplar to the pulp mill at Great Works. The region about 

 Shirley and Monson, in fact all the western part of the burnt dis- 

 trict, is covered largely with poplar and birch. Much has been 

 ( onsumed for excelsior and spools, but very large amounts remain 

 standing. Close about settlements all woods become of value and 

 of more nearly equal value. The proportion of cedar on the burnt 

 tract is probably much what it was in the original growth As to 

 the little spruce that has been cut in the district, most of it doubt- 

 less, has been of trees that escaped the fire. Anything else must 

 have been merely poles, or else very limby white spruce that grew 

 up in openings. Black spruce however is there. In fifiy years 

 more it will come into use for saw logs, and thence forsvard, if 



