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in the third column the value of the lumber at $16 per thousand. 

 The stumpage value is purposely put low, because in general the 

 material taken out in thinnings is not of the highest quality, and 

 is more expensive to get out than if the stand is cut clean. 



In the second part trees of all sizes are included, and their 

 volume is given in cords. Stumpage is reckoned at the rate of 

 $4 a cord. The value ($5) used in the second column is the price 

 usually obtained by owners who cut and haul their own wood to 

 the mill in small lots. If $1 is allowed for the labor of chopping 

 and $1 for the hauling, it will be seen that by this method the 

 farmer gets a stumpage rate of only $3, which is less than the 

 common rate. This method of operating, however, has certain 

 advantages in making thinnings: first, because any quantity of 

 material, no matter how small, can be cut and sold; second, the 

 cutting, when done by the owner, is sure to be done carefully, 

 and this is important in making thinnings; third, if the work is 

 done during the winter, when the farmer and his team have little 

 to do, the entire $5 can be regarded as clear profit. 



FOREST MAP. 



Two years ago the State Forester started the construction of a 

 forest map of the State, through the agency of the census depart- 

 ment. Agents of this department were provided with maps of all 

 the towns in the State, visited the assessors of each town, and 

 from their collective knowledge had them sketch on the maps the 

 forest area, with notes on the kind of growth thereon. This 

 method is at best rather a crude form of map making, and the 

 data inaccurate, even though many of. the maps have been cor- 

 rected by members of this office. Until a more costly and better 

 map can be made, however, it provides our best means for getting 

 at the forest growth of the State and its area. The forest area so 

 taken has been measured by this office, and the results of these 

 measurements are given in the adjoined list. 



The growth is divided into three main types : the pine type, 

 woodland containing over seventy-five per cent white pine; wood- 

 land consisting wholly of hard woods; and a mixed type of hard 

 woods, in which are scattering pines and perhaps other conifers, 

 as spruce and hemlock. In the last column are placed some 



