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after which the profit might be made nearly continuous. The 

 rapid growing deciduous trees, such as the Poplar, Willow. 

 White and Yellow Birch, Soft Maple, Ash, Red and White Elm, 

 Hackberry, Basswood, Locust, Black Walnut and Tamarack, 

 may sometimes be planted and grown at a profit on waste land 



Figure 35. Crowded and open grown Norway Pine. Crowded trees 

 form the most good timber in the shortest time. Open grown trees have 

 many side branches, and consequently form poor timber. 



that is adapted to them, and should there be a stock of young 

 trees of these kinds already on the land it can perhaps be soon 

 made to yield a revenue in the shape of posts and fuel, and later 

 of timber. Even the slower growing deciduous trees, such as 

 the Red, White and Bur Oak, Hard Maple and Rock Elm, 

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