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years have become, meanwhile, quite respectable looking logs, and 

 so are cut. 



But from my own observation, it takes from one hundred to a 

 hundred and fifty years to produce a mature spruce tree, and I have 

 examined many that were two hundred years old. Sapling pine 

 will mature very much faster as they are a more rapidly growing 

 tree. 



I have no data from which I can give you any accurate informa- 

 tion, but only in a general way as I have done. On our river, we 

 cut lands differently from what they do in some other sections of 

 the State, that is the owners permit to operators who go on and cut 

 under the terms of the permit, and the operations are looked after 

 by the scalers who are appointed by the land owners. It is rare 

 that the owners themselves operate the lands. 



I don't know as I have succeeded in giving you any information 

 of value, but it is all that I can do. 



Very respectfully yours, 



D. F. Davis, 



