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A. In that case they can only float the soft timber — pine, hemlock 

 tnd spruce. 

 Q. What proportion of the timber is soft timber on an average ? 

 A. Oh, from a quarter to two-fifths. 



By Chairman Byan: 



Q. Is there some land that yields exclusively soft timber ? 



A. Once in a while if land lays rolling you will find on the ridge • a 

 rery clean cut of soft timber, but you will generally find two or three 

 housand feet of spruce scattered there 1,500 feet on an acre. 



By Mr. Fi'ero: , 



Q. How many trees make 1,500 feet ? 



A. About eight trees. 



Q. What is the average of soft woods there? 



A. On large tracks of land they run from a thousand and a quarter 

 or spruce, and the same land will cut a little hemlock and pine;, there 

 s very little pine in the whole woods, anyway. • 



Q. Take a virgin forest, what is the proportion of soft wood to an 

 icre. 



A. About one-quarter. 



By Mr. Cameron : 

 Q. There would be more spruce than hemlock ? 

 A. Yes, sir; in a general way very much larger. 



By Mr. Fiero: 

 Q. How many trees to an acre of all kinds ? 



A. Will you draw the line as to what is a " tree " and what is 

 'brush?" 

 Q. No, I will not; I will leave that for you ? 

 A. We had that in court at one time. 



By Mr. Anibal: 

 Q. Call it down to ten-inch trees. 



A. Fifty to sixty or seventy trees to the acre; that is hardwood 

 md soft wood. 



By Mr. Cameron: 

 Q. Wouldn't it be more than that ? 



A. It varies as it goes over the forests; if you take 500,000 acres or 

 o you take in all kinds; I mean spruce and hemlock together. 

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