Ip. Table No. k the percent of stems killed by browsing was not 

 Included as it was in all cases very low. The two highest figures were for 

 the McConkey Twp. yard in Parry Sound District and for the Bonnechere yard 

 in Pembroke District, both at 13%. Coliimn 3 was obtained by dividing the 

 total living stems by the number of plots and multiplying by 330 to change 

 it to acres. Column k was obtained in! the same way using the total number 

 of browsed stems. Columns 5 and 6 were obtained by dividing the number of 

 browsed or mutilated stems by the total n\imber of living stems and 

 multiplying by 100. 



The number of stems available to deer was highest in Willow Cr. - 

 Johnston Hrbr. , Miller Lake, Barney Lake, North Lake and Madawaska yards. 

 The most heavily utilized deer yards in terms of browsed stems per acre were 

 fionnechere, Massey, Aberdeen, Madawaska and Shawanaga. The percent of stems 

 browsed was highest in Bertram, Bonnechere, Shawanaga, Massey and Kiosk. 

 The percent of stems mutilated was of little value in all cases except the 

 Woods Twp. yard in which it probably has a definite bearing on the relatively 

 low percent of stems browsed. The past browsing had so mutilated the trees 

 as to leave nothing for present browsing on many of them. 



The contribution of various food species to the sustenance of deer 



in southern Ontario is demonstrated by Table No. ?. 



Table No. 5. Importance of Food Speci es 



No. of .Deer Yards in which Species Rank Among First Pour in Utilization 

 Species 1st 2nd 3£d tfth Total 



White Cedar 



Dogwood h 



Hazel 5 



Mt. Maple 1 



Juneberry 



Hard Maple 6 



Red Maple k 



Balsam 



Aspen 



Willow 



Hemlock 



Striped Maple 1 



White Birch 



Yellow Birch 



Red Pine 



Ground Juniper 



Pincherry 1 



Red Oak >^ . 



Balsam Poplar 



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