﻿n8 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  the 
  amount 
  of 
  grass 
  produced 
  and 
  it 
  lacks 
  in 
  nutrition. 
  The 
  only 
  

   useful 
  purpose 
  they 
  serve 
  is 
  to 
  afford 
  shade 
  for 
  the 
  stock 
  and 
  a 
  

   possible 
  source 
  of 
  fuel 
  for 
  the 
  future. 
  The 
  woodlot 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  that 
  is 
  unfitted 
  for 
  cultivation 
  and 
  

   should 
  always 
  be 
  forested, 
  but 
  the 
  past 
  treatment 
  has 
  been 
  such 
  

   that 
  from 
  its 
  present 
  condition 
  it 
  makes 
  future 
  successful 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  impossible. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  practical 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  trees 
  that 
  

   now 
  occupy 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  renew 
  the 
  forest 
  by 
  planting. 
  

  

  Probably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  5 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  this 
  woodland 
  in 
  the 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  communities 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  pastured, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   show 
  the 
  beneficial 
  results 
  of 
  such 
  treatment. 
  They 
  stand 
  in 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  pastured 
  woodlots. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  dense 
  stand 
  of 
  

   young 
  timber 
  with 
  tall 
  tapering 
  boles. 
  Although 
  the 
  general 
  type 
  is 
  

   maple 
  and 
  beech, 
  yet 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  sufficient 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  species 
  

   intermingled 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  distinct 
  modification 
  to 
  the 
  type. 
  The 
  species 
  

   in 
  order 
  of 
  numbers 
  are 
  maple, 
  beech, 
  basswood, 
  ironwood, 
  ash, 
  

   elm, 
  butternut, 
  hickory 
  and 
  hemlock. 
  On 
  higher 
  elevations 
  hemlock 
  

   would 
  occupy 
  a 
  position 
  nearer 
  the 
  front 
  rank 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  

   stand 
  at 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Future 
  Management. 
  — 
  These 
  stands 
  have 
  reached 
  a 
  stage 
  where 
  

   they 
  should 
  be 
  thinned. 
  Culls 
  remaining 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  forest 
  

   may 
  still 
  be 
  found. 
  These 
  should 
  be 
  removed 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  weed 
  

   tree's 
  such 
  as 
  ironwood, 
  blue 
  beech 
  and 
  the 
  inferior 
  trees 
  of 
  other 
  

   species. 
  If 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  thin 
  still 
  more, 
  remove 
  the 
  

   beech. 
  Favor 
  the 
  more 
  valuable 
  species 
  at 
  all 
  times. 
  The 
  material 
  

   removed 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  fuel 
  or 
  for 
  some 
  other 
  purpose 
  and 
  will 
  

   more 
  than 
  repay 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  removal. 
  The 
  trees 
  that 
  are 
  left 
  will 
  

   make 
  more 
  rapid 
  growth 
  and 
  mature 
  earlier 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  often 
  determines 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  be 
  

   favored. 
  If 
  the 
  woodlot 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  sugar, 
  

   the 
  sugar 
  maple 
  would 
  be 
  favored 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  removed 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  their 
  removal 
  would 
  benefit 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  maples. 
  

  

  Much 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  hardwood 
  region 
  is 
  particularly 
  well 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  basswood. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  unpastured 
  second 
  growth 
  

   forests 
  contain 
  a 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  this 
  valuable 
  species 
  of 
  both 
  

  

  

  