TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory 1 



niysiography of tlie area 2 



Topography 2 



Soils 3 



Climate and drainage 5 



Ownership 6 



Forest conditions of the past 10 



Forest conditions of the present 12 



Coniferous supplies 14 



White pine 14 



Past 14 



Present 13 



Future 19 



Eed (Norway) pine 20 



Jack pine 21 



Hemlock 22 



Arbor vitse (cedar) 23 



Tamarack 34 



Spruce 26 



Balsam Fir 26 



Hard-wood supplies 27 



Present stand of hard-wood saw timber 33 



Summary of supplies 33 



Present accretion or increment 34 



Communal interests in forest conditions 36 



Forest, climate, and waterflow 40 



The outlook for the future 42 



Forestry or agriculture 44 



Recovery and prevention of waste 45 



Forest fires 45 



Changes on cut-over lands 48 



Sandy pinery lands 48 



Loam and clay lands 50 



Eestocking 51 



