﻿98 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  cates 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  recovering 
  from 
  the 
  disastrous 
  attack 
  of 
  

   the 
  saw 
  fly 
  some 
  forty 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  may 
  ultimately 
  become 
  im- 
  

   portant. 
  Black 
  ash, 
  when 
  present, 
  is 
  generally 
  represented 
  by 
  

   dying 
  veterans 
  or 
  stubs. 
  

  

  Management. 
  — 
  This 
  type, 
  if 
  of 
  any 
  extent, 
  is 
  usually 
  cut 
  over 
  

   for 
  pulp 
  wood 
  rather 
  than 
  lumber 
  and 
  that, 
  indeed, 
  is 
  about 
  all 
  

   it 
  can 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  yield 
  (larch 
  should 
  ultimately 
  grow 
  to 
  pole 
  

   size, 
  however), 
  as 
  the 
  growth 
  rate 
  falls 
  off 
  early 
  on 
  cold, 
  moist 
  

   sites. 
  To 
  this 
  end 
  clear 
  cutting 
  methods 
  should 
  be 
  adopted 
  (as 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  windfall, 
  thinnings 
  are 
  risky) 
  leaving 
  several 
  clumps 
  of 
  

   seed 
  trees 
  per 
  acre 
  selected 
  for 
  wind 
  firmness 
  to 
  seed 
  up 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  BURNED 
  AREAS. 
  

  

  This 
  type 
  by 
  definition 
  includes 
  lands 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  burned 
  

   over 
  subsequent 
  to 
  1907 
  and, 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  represents 
  

   the 
  burnings 
  of 
  1908. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  this 
  land 
  is 
  simply 
  

   a 
  charred 
  waste 
  with 
  the 
  blackened 
  stubs 
  and 
  down 
  timber 
  showing 
  

   the 
  terrific 
  damage 
  that 
  was 
  done; 
  damages 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  that 
  

   it 
  will 
  take 
  a 
  century 
  or 
  more 
  to 
  repair. 
  

  

  Corner 
  Mountain, 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  northwest 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Thurman, 
  furnished 
  an 
  interesting 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  

   nature 
  heals 
  over 
  these 
  fire 
  scars. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  tangle 
  of 
  

   berry 
  bushes 
  and 
  fire 
  cherry 
  with 
  poplar 
  and 
  white 
  birch 
  just 
  

   beginning 
  to 
  seed 
  in. 
  A 
  little 
  higher 
  up 
  the 
  birch 
  and 
  poplar 
  had 
  

   disappeared 
  and 
  still 
  higher 
  the 
  berry 
  bushes 
  alone 
  covered 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  From 
  all 
  accounts, 
  berries, 
  fire 
  cherry 
  and 
  lastly 
  poplar 
  

   and 
  white 
  birch 
  is 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  species 
  seed 
  in 
  on 
  a 
  

   burn. 
  

  

  Management. 
  — 
  According 
  to 
  every 
  tenet 
  of 
  forestry 
  which 
  holds 
  

   that 
  each 
  acre 
  of 
  nonagricultural 
  soil 
  should 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  forest 
  

   purposes, 
  this 
  land 
  should 
  be 
  cleared 
  of 
  its 
  dead 
  and 
  down 
  material, 
  

   which 
  only 
  serves 
  to 
  make 
  these 
  areas 
  a 
  fire 
  trap; 
  and 
  wherever 
  

   there 
  is 
  any 
  soil 
  left, 
  see 
  that 
  a 
  new 
  forest 
  is 
  started. 
  In 
  some 
  

   cases 
  nature 
  has 
  already 
  established 
  a 
  stand 
  of 
  poplar; 
  in 
  others 
  

  

  