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which is said to be the largest in Sussex county. Two miles 

 southwest of Vernon, on the road to Stockholm, an oak and a 

 walnut have grown together. At the base their combined 

 diameters are 48 inches ; above the junction each is about 24 

 inches in diameter. 



The following was obtained as average values of timber 

 near Stockholm : Stump land, $2 ; 2O-years' growth, $7 ; 30- 

 years' growth, $10 ; heavy chestnut or mixed oak and chest- 

 nut, $80. Heavy oak is said to be extremely scarce, but is 

 quoted at from $60 to $100 per acre. At Vernon, stump 

 land, $2 ; 2O-years' growth, $7 ; 3<>y ears' growth, $12 ; heavy 

 chestnut or mixed oak and chestnut, $80. There is said to be 

 very little valuable pine. At McAfee, stump land, $3 ; 2O-y ears' 

 growth, $7 ; 3<>years' growth, $10 ; heavy chestnut and oak, $75 

 to $80. At Canistear, stump land, $3 ; 2O-years' growth, $10 . 

 3<>years' growth, $15 ; heavy chestnut, #60. 



We shall next take up the balance of the glaciated portion of 

 the central highland plateau which lies between Longwood and 

 German valleys on the east, and the valleys of the Wallkill, 

 Lubber's run and the Musconetcong on the west. Northeast of 

 the Sparta turnpike, connecting Sparta and Dover, it is very 

 generally forested, probably less than 10 per cent, of the whole 

 being under cultivation. Along the western slope, between 

 Hardistonville and Sparta, the growth is mixed, deciduous and 

 coniferous, the latter being much the larger, from 10 to 20 inches 

 in diameter and 40 feet high. On the top of the mountain, just 

 east of Franklin Furnace, about Two Bridges, the growth is 

 young, but little being even large enough for cordwood, and 

 very little as much as 30 years old. Thence along the top of 

 the mountain to Ogden mines, the timber is mainly deciduous, 

 and from general report, practically all of the timber has been 

 cut once since the period of charcoal forges. About Ogden 

 mines there is some older growth, but all the larger trees are 

 cut out, the stumps averaging 40 years old, and a single one run- 

 ning as high as 53 years. Between Morris pond and the road to 

 Ogden mines the growth is from 2 to 6 inches in diameter and 

 15 to 20 feet high, and about 12 years old. Between Ogden 

 mines and Hopewell, down to the Sparta and Milton high- 

 way, we noted stumps which indicated the growth there to be 



