SAMPI.R REPORT 



i. The methods of logging are well suited to conditions ; efforts 

 at using machinery have not been a success. A closer utilization of 

 hardwood tops has begun and will help fire protection where the 

 forest is to stay. 



II. The Property. 



a. Area and form. The 50,000 acres are located in four town- 

 ships, they comprise fifteen different pieces separated by numerous 

 outside holdings, of which over 80% have been logged and burned 

 over in last twenty years. The largest solid body is 5,600 acres, the 

 smallest, eighty acres; most of the area is contiguous, i. e., the 

 bodies "touch at corners." 



b. Topography and climate are the same as for the county 

 generally ; it is a level and gently rolling country, with a few tracts 

 of "pot hole" lands, and also a few small areas with rocky "hog- 

 backs." 



The land is drained bv Wolf, Beaver and Deer Creeks, all fol- 

 lowing into the River: all drivable for soft timber, total 



length drivable streams forty mile?. 



c. The land is all covered with drift, the soil is sand and sandy 

 loam, very little clay, and is generally over fifty feet deep. The land 

 is classified by the timber it bears ; the hardwood and Hemlock lands 

 are generally considered farm lands in this, district. About 60% 

 of these could well be farmed, of the pine lands not over 10% and 

 of the swamps not over 10% would pay for drainage. About 2000 

 acres is open moss bog and may be regarded as waste land at present. 

 Classifying the lands from the stand point of growing timber, and 

 using lay of land, size and appearance of timber, and yield per acre 

 as principal standards we have : 



TABLE OF SITES, i. e., Good (I), Medium (II), and Poor 

 (III) lands for growing the timber named. 



