FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 75 



Certain it is they tire neither himbermen nor mill owners. The 

 township has been cut on stumpage permits. 



This town was not systematically explored, but at odd 

 times and by the way a good deal was seen of it. The road 

 between the two Koach river farms goes across the south end 

 of it. Leaving the lower farm, the country for the first two 

 miles is field, pasture or else small second growth which has 

 come up after clearing and fire. Several square miles, in fact, 

 in the southwest portion of the town are second growth. 

 Further cast on the road one enters timber. Years ago it 

 was cut through, but never systematically, and there is now 

 standing a very fair amount of spruce timber. 



But the real condition of a township is not to I>e seen from 

 roads. The points that I want to make here will best be 

 brought out by recounting some of my travel. For instance, 

 on the mornino- of Ausfust 19th, I started out from Roach 

 River House, and traveling up the Grant farm tote road to a 

 short distance beyond that backwoods edifice which is locally 

 known as the 4-mile shanty, 1 struck off into the woods in 

 order to see a little of the country. Holding an east course 

 ])y the compass, the first 400 steps took me through very old 

 cuttings where only the best of the timber had been taken. 

 Detail count by quarter acres indicated a stand of 100 spruce 

 trees six inches and over in diameter per acre, in volume 

 about 1,500 cubic feet. This means probably 3 or 4 M 

 of smallish saw loirs. Then a new road was crossed, haulinoj 

 south, the builder of which perhaps thought this bunch of 

 timber beneath his notice, or more prol)ably was saving it for 

 another winter. Mixed land followed in which, however, the 

 count disclosed some 50 — 60 trees, or 800 cubic feet of spruce 

 per acre. This lasted to a distance of half a mile from the 

 main road. Then for a quarter of a mile the course took me 

 down hill, through hard wood land whose mixture of 1 to 2 

 M feet of saw logs the operators had thus far entirely i)assed 

 by. This brought me to fiat land and black growth, wdiere 

 for a third of a mile stood an average probably of 5 ]\I of 



