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PINE AND HARDWOODS. 



In this type hardwoods of medium size are mingled with pines of 

 somewhat larger size. There are from 3 to 4 cords of pine box 

 logs, as well as the regular run of 20 cords of hardwood to the acre. 

 With a stumpage value of $5 a cord on the pine and $1 on the cord- 

 wood, the value of the stand by the acre is $40. In thinning, the 

 pines should be favored, and the yield in cordwood will be the same as 

 that of the medium hardwoods, 2 cords. There will be no box 

 logs among the thinnings. 



PASTURE AND BUSH PASTURE. 



Pasture land needs no description. Bush pasture is merely pasture 

 land which is more than half covered with a growth of blueberry bushes, 

 alders, hardback and other impedimenta. This land should be planted 

 before the cultivated land, for it is less valuable. Some difficulty 

 may be experienced in setting out the trees, but usually room enough 

 can be found among the clumps. Where the groups of bushes are 

 extensive, lines should be cut through them 4 feet wide and 4 feet 

 apart. This means an additional cost of planting of about $2 per 

 acre average for all the land. 



BUSH SWAMP. 



Detached portions of the shore line which are at times covered with 

 water produce a thick crop of alder bushes. This type is of no im- 

 portance, and no treatment of it need be considered. 



LARGE CEDAR SWAMP. 



This name is given to a portion of Blossom Swamp near the road, 

 which has a growth peculiar to itself. The trees are chiefly coniferous. 

 The leading species are pine, white cedar, hemlock and soft maple. 

 Many of the trees are of box-log size, and the stand is therefore quite 

 valuable. This stand is estimated to run 20 cords of box logs and 10 

 cords of hardwoods to the acre, which makes the stumpage value 

 about $100 per acre. Although only a light thinning can be made 

 in this swamp land, there are 1 cord of firewood and 2 cords of sound 

 dead cedar which can be removed, a value of $5 per acre. 



BLOSSOM GROVE. 



This is a group of large trees situated on the westerly side of Blossom 

 Road, near the Cove. There are probably 100 M. board feet of lumber, 

 mostly hemlock, since the pine has been clit, and worth on the stump 

 $10 per 1,000, or $1,000 in all. 



