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feet. An oak near the same place measures, at 2 feet above 

 ground, 54 by 66 inches diameter and 60 feet high. 



In Piscataway township many red cedars were noted standing 

 along fence lines or in old clearings. The timber is all in small 

 clumps attached to farms, and there is evidence that originally 

 it was heavy. Many trees still standing range up to 18 inches 

 diameter and 60 feet high. There is much white oak, with all 

 other varieties of oak, hickory, gum, beech, maple, etc., but 

 very little chestnut. 



Mr. William McAdam, living near the Dismal swamp, north- 

 west of Metuchen, mentions a i6-acre tract of original timber in 

 the swamp. In it are trees that will square 6 inches at 60 feet 

 from the ground. It consists of white oak, pin oak and hickory. 

 Some trees are 80 feet high. One white oak was cut which 

 measured 8 inches diameter 75 feet from the ground, and another 

 16 inches at 56 feet high. He says that through that country 

 from 50 to 100 telegraph poles per acre can be got, but this 

 leaves little cord-wood. An acre will yield from 20 to 40 cords 

 of wood, and $40 per acre is a fair average value for timber. 

 He gets $10 each for telegraph poles 60 feet long and 6 to 7 

 inches diameter at top, and $4 apiece for poles 35 feet long, 

 delivered on the cars. 



He also mentioned a hickory tree which was 6 inches diame- 

 ter 70 feet from the ground. A piece of oak, 30 years old, 

 which he pointed out, was from 4 to 7 inches in diameter. He 

 says there is much valuable timber in that part of Middlesex 

 county which does not appear good until closely examined, 

 because of the small growth about the edges of the woodland. 



In Franklin township, Somerset county, conditions are similar 

 to those just described for Piscataway township. Near East Mill- 

 stone, a tract showed 210 trees per acre, measuring 6 to 24 inches 

 diameter by 50 feet high. 



Between Rocky Hill, Griggstown and Sand Hills, on the trap 

 and gravel, there are considerable forest areas. That on the 

 Sands Hills is mostly chestnut. The various lots range in size 

 from 2 to 8 inches diameter, and 10 to 30 feet high, up to 5 

 to 13 inches diameter, and 25 to 50 feet high. The best 

 timber appears to be near Griggstown. 



An oak tree, near Franklin Park station, measured 52 inches 

 diameter, and about 50 feet high. Timber near here ranged 



