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The best individual specimens of cedar are found in this type, 

 but it is not a common tree. 



The timber is of much better quality than in the swamp for- 

 est. Still it is often unsound and does not average so good as 



Fig. 68. — Spruce 



,t running 6000 feet, B.M., per acre. Chief species are, from left to 

 right, yellow birch, balsam, arborvitae, spruce. 



on the better-drained ground. Considerable windfall takes place 

 as the soil is always moist; although on account of its location 

 the type is sheltered from excessive wind damage. Yields of 

 15,000 feet, board measure, per acre are not uncommon. 



Spruce and balsam, especially the latter, reproduce exceedingly 

 well on lands of this type. They take advantage of the least 



