FOREST COMMISSIONER S REPORT. 



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annual production of 100 feet. And yet the most and the 

 best wouhl have been taken, — somewhat more than half the 

 total stand of spruce in cuIjIc feet, two-thirds or more in 

 value and scale. 



HALF ACRE ON DENNIS-SOMERSET COUNTY. 

 Spruce Land, Uneven, with Mossy Cover, of Rapid Growth. 



Spruce. 



4^ . 

 « 71 



- a 



Over 18 



14-lS 



12-14 inclusive 

 10 and 11 



8 and 9 



fi iinil 7 



.3-ti 



Under 3 







0) 7J 



01 « 





(i-10 



3-(i 



Under 3.. 



130 



120 



10 



2G0 



Tallest spruce, 75-80 feet. 

 Average of larjjer trees, 60-70. 



There is an evident contrast ])etween wdiat is Contrasted 

 here said and the policy that was recommended in p"!"''*^**- 

 regard to Xos. Ill and V\ . Contrast is sometimes exag- 

 gerated for the purpose of bringing out distinctly the prin- 

 ciples involved. In the i)resent case, however, no exaggera- 

 tion has been intentionally used. The conditions in the two 

 localities are entirely different and they dictate difterent 

 policies of management as most desirable for the land. 

 Growth in the one case is twice as rapid as in the other. In 

 the one case small timber ma}'^ be left with confidence — in the 

 other it l)lows down. One piece of land then, as a matter of 

 practical policy under current lumbering methods had l)etter 

 be cut clean, though no more spruce need be looked for 

 under seventy-five years. The other will do best if kept 

 stocked with young trees \\\) to twelve or fifteen inches in 

 diameter from which the largest may at periods of say twenty 

 years be cut. The greater natural stand of spruce was on 

 one piece. The possibility of steady and considerable pro- 

 duction is with the other. 



