FOREST COMMISSIONER S REPORT. 



125 



The value of these fijrnres will be best understood, f.-^'.^Vu^'^t'^^ 

 when they are a})plied to an area. On the second ^'"^'■■*" 

 of November, on the hills south of Beniis camp, I ran out in 

 typical mixed growth, cut throuuh more thtm twenty years 

 before, an acre that will serve as a fair sample of the country. 

 Considerable spruce stood on the ground originally, and two 

 regions of it had been pretty well cleaned off by the cuttiuir. 

 Elsewhere cuttins: was liahter, and some trees of log size and 

 quality were, as will be seen in the score of trees, left stand- 

 ing. Between twenty-five and thirty spruce stumjjs could be 

 counted, indicating a cut of probably six thousand feet of 

 lumber. Enough of the old tops could still be seen to show 

 that the logs were toi)ped off generally at from nine to twelve 

 inches diameter. 



Tkees Standing upon an Acre of Land in Township 3 R. l, Oxford County. 

 Land Cut Through Twenty-four Years ago. 



Diameter- 

 inches. 



Diameter- 

 inches. 



Other Species. 



^ P 



S 3 o 

 /: c a 



19 



17 



16 



1.5 



14 



1.3 



12 



11 



10 



9 



8 



7 



6 



3-6 



Under 3 



1 

 3 

 6 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 11 

 8 

 5 

 5 

 8 

 2 

 3 

 2.5 



96 





50 



140 



265 



200 



240 



150 



265 



150 



60 



45 



65 



10 



10 



50 



1,700 



170 Over 18 



500 

 1,126 

 850 

 936 

 600 

 1,033 

 570 

 219 

 148 

 175 



14-18 



10-14 



6-10 



3-6 



Under 3. 



1,100 

 350 

 300 

 300 

 2,50 



2,300 



6,387 



Trees of smallest size were not counted 

 on this area, nor those of the young second 

 growth in tlie open phtces. The hitter 

 were mainly dwarf maples and yellow 

 birch, with a small mixture of fir and 

 spruce. 



