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GSIOWTH FOLLOWING CL£ARCUTTING. 

 The results following clearcutting are as follows: 

 COMPOSITION OF SJCCOND GROWTH. 



From Table and Diagram it is found that 

 of the thxee hardwood species, the leurger portion, 

 40«0^,of the stand is made up of hard maple, with 

 yellow birch, 37. 8^, second and beech, 15.8^, last. 



It has been found that beech, birch and maple seeds, 

 aJ.1 germinate well on exposed mineral soil mixed 

 with humus. Their best development is attained on 

 well drained, fairly deep loamy soils, but of these 

 three species, birch requires the largest amount of 

 moisture in the superficial layers of the soil. 

 The soil on this area was found to be a well drained 

 moderately deep, sandy loam. At the time of cutting 

 the seedbed conditions fot the three species had been 

 rendered good because at the hauling camp, which had 

 been situated there, work animals had been allowed 

 to run loosed over the cutover area nearby. This 

 resulted in a well worked seedbed in which the soil 

 and humus were well mixed. Since the soil require* 



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ment for the species was amply met on the area, the 

 varying percentages of species found are influenced 

 by the following reasons. The dominance of maple 

 is probably due to its natural aggressiveness in 



