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of the forest, to rather low diameter classes. There is some question 

 at the present time as to whether a cutting procedure that will build 

 up stock of higher diameter classes may not be desirable on account 

 of the slackening in the demand for pulp sizes and on account of the 



FIGUKE 19. Distribution of cubic volume by diameter classes on average acre, red spruce flat, White 

 Mountains. Although most of the timber falls in the small timber group, it is probably not feasible to 

 build up the larger diameter classes materially excepting the white pine and some of the associated 

 hardwoods. 



possibility of getting a better price for at least a portion of the ma- 

 terial. Figure 19 and table 24 show details of growing-stock condi- 

 tions in an example of this type. 



TABLE 24. Number of trees, volume, and growth in red spruce flat type in White 



Mountains, N.H. 



