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though in natural productive power it exceeds much of the land 

 in the white cedar and soft maple swamp types. The land can 

 often be bought for fifty cents per acre, or less. 



By permission of the U. S. Forest Service. 



Fig. 112. — The waste land type. Lands which have been repeatedly burned over. 



Methods of Handling the Forest. 

 Intensive management is possible on the majority of tracts in 

 the white pine region, and the white pine is the tree to be favored. 

 The purpose of the management should be to replace the in- 

 ferior species, and in fact many of the better hardwoods, with 

 stands of nearly pure white pine. A small mixture of such hard- 

 woods as red oak, white ash, chestnut, and black cherry in the 

 stand with the pine is better than pure pine. Such a mixture 

 produces a few hardwood logs of fine quahty which can often be 

 sold at higher prices than the pine. Improvement cuttings of 

 various kinds are practicable and should be made where needed, 

 as a regular part of the management, as explained in the special 

 chapter on the subject. 



