﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  121 
  

  

  greater 
  part 
  of 
  all 
  this 
  region 
  has 
  been 
  lumbered. 
  Some 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  

   being 
  lumbered 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  cutting. 
  They 
  are 
  

   gathering 
  the 
  material 
  that 
  at 
  previous 
  cuttings 
  was 
  not 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   value 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  exploiting. 
  Whatever 
  is 
  left 
  after 
  the 
  present 
  

   operation 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  value 
  for 
  any 
  purpose. 
  Much 
  of 
  this 
  

   region 
  has 
  been 
  burned 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  burned 
  again 
  and 
  

   again. 
  The 
  original 
  type 
  has 
  disappeared, 
  not 
  even 
  seed 
  trees 
  being 
  

   left 
  to 
  reseed 
  the 
  ground. 
  Lands 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  burned 
  as 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  as 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  are 
  usually 
  seeded 
  by 
  some 
  species 
  like 
  

   the 
  poplar 
  that 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  lightness 
  of 
  its 
  seeds 
  scatters 
  on 
  

   the 
  winds 
  to 
  great 
  distances. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  and 
  we 
  find 
  

   much 
  of 
  these 
  lands 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  poplar 
  type. 
  The 
  trees 
  found 
  

   associated 
  with 
  the 
  poplar 
  are 
  the 
  pin 
  cherry, 
  paper 
  birch 
  and 
  maple, 
  

   with 
  spruce 
  and 
  pine 
  coming 
  in 
  wherever 
  there 
  are 
  seed 
  trees. 
  

  

  Future 
  Management. 
  — 
  The 
  poplar 
  is 
  a 
  rapid 
  growing 
  tree, 
  repro- 
  

   duces 
  from 
  seeds 
  and 
  root 
  sprouts 
  and 
  reaches 
  maturity 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  

   age. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  good 
  demand 
  at 
  pulp 
  and 
  excelsior 
  mills 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  cut 
  at 
  maturity. 
  It 
  is 
  easily 
  injured 
  by 
  fire 
  and 
  whenever 
  this 
  

   occurs 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  utilize 
  the 
  material 
  before 
  it 
  de- 
  

   cays. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  illustrations 
  shows 
  a 
  region 
  through 
  which 
  fire 
  

   swept 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  ago. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  stand 
  has 
  already 
  blown 
  

   down 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  that 
  are 
  left 
  will 
  all 
  be 
  down 
  within 
  another 
  

   year. 
  Such 
  material 
  is 
  worth 
  $6 
  per 
  cord 
  at 
  the 
  mill 
  and 
  unless 
  it 
  is 
  

   utilized 
  it 
  becomes 
  a 
  total 
  loss. 
  

  

  An 
  accompanying 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  stand 
  that 
  is 
  ready 
  for 
  

   cutting. 
  Much 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  near 
  maturity 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  yield 
  to-day 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  it 
  ever 
  will. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  left 
  uncut 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years, 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  will 
  

   blow 
  down 
  and 
  the 
  reproduction 
  that 
  follows 
  will 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  occurs 
  

   after 
  cutting. 
  

  

  Another 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  stand 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  recently. 
  It 
  

   was 
  cut 
  to 
  a 
  diameter 
  limit 
  of 
  6 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  cutting 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  this 
  same 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  eight 
  years 
  and 
  

   an 
  equal 
  amount 
  can 
  be 
  removed 
  in 
  another 
  eight 
  years. 
  Four 
  cords 
  

   to 
  the 
  acre 
  were 
  taken 
  each 
  time, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  cut 
  over 
  

   poplar 
  ground 
  three 
  times 
  in 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  and 
  obtain 
  one-half 
  

   cord 
  or 
  better 
  per 
  year 
  and 
  continue 
  this 
  indefinitely. 
  The 
  skidding 
  

  

  