REPORT ON FORESTS. 



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The three sample acres in the next table show the condition 

 pf a younger forest, but one which has been more severely 

 burned and is in a lower stage of decline than the preceding 

 acres. The soil is dry and the humus has been almost entirely 

 destroyed. The trees are all crooked and scrubby sprouts of 

 Pitch Pine. There are large numbers of Scrub Oaks on the 

 ground. 



Table 15. 



Three Sample Acres Showing a Very Advanced Stage in the 

 Deterioration of the Forest Through Fire. ^ 



By such steps as these the forest has been reduced from a fine 

 old growth of merchantable timber to a straggling, scrubby 

 growth of sprouts. The stage in deterioration next to the last 

 is shown by four surveys taken on land near Tuckerton, Which 

 was burned in 1894, and the trees of which had apparently been 

 killed, but had begun to sprout again from the crown and the 

 base. The dead trees, those sprouting at the base and those 

 sprouting in the crown, were all counted separately. It is worth 

 while to note that the larger trees are those which sprout in 

 the crown and that the small trees sprout at the base. 



Table 16. 



Four Acres Measured Near Tuckerton.^ N. y.. Burned Over 



in 18^4. 



