84 FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 



SUMMARY OE TRFES UPON ACRE E. 



Spruce : 



Total number on acre 948 



Estimated volume of same 2.800 cu ft. 



Number over 10 inches diameter, breast high 71 



Estimated volume of same 2,0.')() cu. ft. 



Lumber fit for saw logs, about 7,000 ft. B. M. 



Birch— yellow and white : 



Total number trees 117 



Elstimated volume of same 900 cu. ft. 



Number over 10 inches diameter 21 



P2stimated volume 765 cu ft. 



Beech and maple : 



Total number trees 1 09 



Estimated volume 750 cu ft 



Number over 10 inches diameter *21 



Estimated volume 440 cu. ft. 



Fir: 



Number trees 349 



Estimated volume 125 cu ft. 



Cedar : 



Number trees 4 



Total number trees on acre, excluding 90 above. . 1,527 



Total estimated volume of wood 4,575 cu. ft. 



Total number trees over 10 inches diameter 113 



DESCRIPTIVE. 



Larger yellow birch almost all crooked and worthless, with low 

 limbs. Whith birch with long clean trunks. Maples and beeches 

 tall comparatively, but rough, crooked and poor. Young trees of 

 all species in the more open places, and grouped by species. Note 

 the absence of large fir. The very small trees are numerous and 

 look thrifty Later on they grow scanty and die out. 



Spruce. Usually live limbs begin at twenty-five or thirty feet 

 from the ground in the log classes. I3ead limbs and knots come 

 down much lower. Seldom are trunks clear over fifteen feet. 

 Crowns are large, full and thrifty in all except a few of the largest, 

 a proportion of which are on the down grade. Trunks as a rule 



*Ninety dwarf maples, cherry and elder. 



