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leaviiiiT nuich mcrcliantable timber on the irround. It had on 

 the other hand been systematic and to a low standard /or tJiis 

 part of the country. Our cross-country travel disclosed only 

 occasional lar^e trees, these beinij so far from roads that it 

 wouhl not ])ay to go after them. It was Mr. Xewton's eye 

 for small timl)er that was off. In his lumbering operations 

 he had never bestowed any thought directly upon it, and his 

 recollection and chance impressions proved to be idl astray. 

 After looking round a while I got Mr. Newton to pick out a 

 piece of ground that seemed to him not to have more than a 

 fair amount of small spruce on it. This he did, then we ran 

 out half an acre of it and counted up the trees with a result 

 that was more or less of a surprise to both of us. 



HALF ACRE ON DEXNIS-SOMERSET COUNTY. 



Mixed Growth Cut for Spruce Within a Year. Soil Covered Thinly with 



Leaves. Vert Thrifty Land. 



Diameter— inches. 



Other Species. 



Diameter — inches. 



— a 





I o 



1-2 aiKl 1:5 



10 and 11 



8 and 9 



6 and 7. 



.3-6 



Under A 



Over 18 

 U-IH.. . 

 10-14.... 



6-10.... 



3-6 .... 

 Under 3 



680 

 630 

 3.i0 

 1.50 

 25 

 15 



1,850 



* Most of these in two old logging ro:ids ■which crossed the area. 



It was easy to see where his cut of l)ctween 500 and ()00 

 board feet per acre had come from — ;just as easy to predict 

 that ])ef()re many years he could get another crop of the same 

 size. Growth was the key to the matter. Xot only was the 

 land extremely thrifty, but the stock of young spruce was 

 such as to keep a crop continually renewing on the land. 

 Such timbcrland as this, rapid in its growth, well stocked 

 with young trees, oi growth so mixed that cutting out of the 

 spruce does not leave it suljject to 1)lowdown — is very desira- 



