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Obscrvationo on Grouth of Hcd Fir and 

 Yellow Pino at :ii -h ::icvr.tion8 



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V. H. Babbitt 



It lo probable that in tho noer future thoro will bo 

 r. sale iir.fo for tho bolt of ro j fir tinbcr lyinj botv/oen .fob- 

 's :r Ln'rc MIC" tho north boundary of this Povost, to nrnufc.c- 

 turoro of \--.por pulp. Thie bolO of rod fir is lar-rdy nccle 

 up of ovor-rer.turo timber vrhioh is dotoriorr.tir.rj each yoc.r and 

 tho eystonj unOor aich it ill bo out is c. taattor of froet in- 

 terest to tho rrrftorn oi' L'his dlotrict. 



I bolicvo thr.t it is tho policy to roerlc thic clrec 

 of vinbcr un?.or tho "Group" C'/stora, to prevent \7ind throw and 

 ir.buro roprocuotion. Tho soodlin.^s of red fir, aocorcTin^ to 

 ny obocivr bions, jrro-..- very olO'vly. I hnvo oounto^ fifty yocr 

 rin;o on one no Ic.r^or then ny thur-ib, onr smile r onoe v;ore 

 proportionr.toly old. Tho eoof.lin-rs p;row : ."R.tor in openings, 

 but cv^n the tiny trocc v;ill be foxmd to be vory old, p;rorin 

 very little in -ho firnt tvonLy years, Conjetition of root 

 s;rotora8 nu-.y recount ."or r .^ront dor.1, but I believe thr.t I rn 

 ri -hL in oti oing that it ic tho nature of tho tree to develop 

 slowly r.t firsit end that it 7.111 bo at loant fiCty yoars be- 

 fore reproduction ^-.111 ootublich iteolf after euttin/jt 



Tho o:ctrorao olovstion or tho tract is oirht thousand 

 feet, but tho Icrrror portion is 'aetvoon si^: and seven thoucand 

 feet in elovr.tion. There r.re occr.nionrl yollo\v pine trees 

 .'TO--. -ing, with tho stand of red fir at seven thonopud feet end 

 fheno trees loo!- thrifty r.A?. n.-.'.T oo? lunhor. They r /ocr 

 to 3i-o i-.ic, fact EO the rod .'ir &i Lho erano elevation and year 

 rin.^s counter 1 iron) troeo cut fit Yubc Gap shoi; thtt tho rcte of 

 "th ic --ood. One troo -thct contained 1'ivo tho ME and feet 



">cr hac" T-i'0\.n thirty- t\^o inchoa in seventy-five yoars rnd 

 o-'ioi --vod t\ oiroilrr r-ror/'ch rato. 



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