﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  but 
  was 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  swamps 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  hills. 
  

   It 
  became 
  the 
  principal 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  light 
  sandy 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  north- 
  

   east, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  mixture 
  with 
  spruce 
  and 
  balsam. 
  The 
  

   original 
  forest 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  therefore, 
  were 
  the 
  northern 
  

   hardwoods, 
  occupying 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  area, 
  with 
  hem- 
  

   lock 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  distinctive 
  character 
  to 
  the 
  mix- 
  

   ture 
  ; 
  the 
  swamp 
  types, 
  containing 
  pine 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  cedar, 
  bal- 
  

   sam, 
  black 
  ash, 
  red 
  maple 
  and 
  elm 
  more 
  commonly 
  found 
  in 
  such 
  

   situations 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  mixed 
  pine 
  types 
  where 
  the 
  principal 
  specie 
  was 
  

   the 
  white 
  pine. 
  

  

  THE 
  PRESENT 
  FOREST 
  

  

  THE 
  HARDWOOD 
  TYPE 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  hardwood 
  type 
  has 
  given 
  place 
  to 
  the 
  scattered 
  

   woodlot 
  type 
  and 
  cultivated 
  land. 
  The 
  desire 
  to 
  secure 
  land 
  for 
  

   agricultural 
  purposes 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  altogether 
  too 
  far 
  and 
  many 
  

   areas 
  were 
  denuded 
  that 
  are 
  better 
  fitted 
  for 
  a 
  forest 
  crop 
  than 
  for 
  

   anything 
  else. 
  This 
  land 
  today 
  yields 
  at 
  best 
  a 
  very 
  poor 
  return 
  

   and 
  is 
  largely 
  only 
  pasture 
  of 
  poor 
  quality. 
  Some 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   county 
  have 
  more 
  of 
  this 
  land 
  than 
  others. 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  true 
  

   of 
  the 
  higher 
  hill 
  sections 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  

   should 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  forested. 
  There 
  is 
  probably 
  about 
  10 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  hardwood 
  region 
  that 
  is 
  still 
  forested 
  and 
  an 
  

   additional 
  30 
  per 
  cent 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  forest 
  was 
  removed 
  that 
  

   ought 
  to 
  be 
  replanted 
  and 
  kept 
  under 
  forest 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Past 
  Management. 
  — 
  The 
  wooded 
  areas 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  small, 
  

   averaging 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  twenty 
  acres 
  in 
  extent 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   poor 
  condition. 
  Dairying 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  industry 
  throughout 
  this 
  

   region 
  and 
  other 
  interests 
  have 
  often 
  been 
  sacrificed 
  to 
  contribute 
  

   to 
  its 
  success. 
  For 
  that 
  reason 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  almost 
  every 
  wooded 
  

   area 
  has 
  been 
  pastured. 
  All 
  pastured 
  woodlots 
  show 
  an 
  entire 
  

   absence 
  of 
  thrifty 
  young 
  growth. 
  The 
  species 
  found 
  are 
  largely 
  

   beech 
  and 
  maple. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  scattering, 
  low 
  branching, 
  slow 
  of 
  

   growth, 
  and 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  qualities 
  that 
  are 
  essential 
  to 
  proper 
  

   timber 
  development. 
  They 
  lack 
  also 
  sufficient 
  density 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  

   protection 
  against 
  winds 
  and 
  in 
  preventing 
  erosion. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  

   damage 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  pasture 
  because 
  they 
  decrease 
  

  

  