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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  should 
  be 
  done 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  young 
  growth 
  that 
  is 
  left 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  injured 
  but 
  the 
  soil 
  itself 
  may 
  be 
  broken 
  up 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  is 
  necessary 
  without 
  danger 
  of 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  crop. 
  The 
  

   roots 
  that 
  are 
  injured 
  in 
  the 
  process 
  will 
  send 
  up 
  new 
  shoots 
  and 
  

   the 
  exposed 
  soil 
  will 
  allow 
  for 
  the 
  germination 
  of 
  seedlings. 
  Inten- 
  

   tional 
  breaking 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  cutting 
  of 
  the 
  roots 
  would 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  shoots 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sequent 
  increase 
  in 
  future 
  crops. 
  In 
  all 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  the 
  spruce 
  

   and 
  pine 
  are 
  coming 
  in 
  wherever 
  there 
  are 
  seed 
  trees 
  and 
  in 
  hand- 
  

   ling 
  such 
  land 
  for 
  poplar 
  this 
  fact 
  should 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  and 
  the 
  

   young 
  growth 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  should 
  be 
  favored 
  so 
  that 
  these 
  lands 
  

   may 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  type 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  areas 
  that 
  still 
  contain 
  merchantable 
  timber 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   type 
  should 
  be 
  protected 
  from 
  fire, 
  and 
  if 
  lumbered, 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  

   to 
  a 
  certain 
  diameter 
  limit 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  enough 
  left 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground 
  to 
  reseed 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  future 
  crops. 
  

  

  Opportunities 
  for 
  the 
  Practice 
  of 
  Forestry. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  forestry 
  throughout 
  this 
  region. 
  

   The 
  land 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  timber 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  other 
  crops. 
  Much 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  poplar 
  and 
  

   a 
  poor 
  quality 
  of 
  hardwood 
  growth 
  that 
  will 
  never 
  amount 
  to 
  much. 
  

   There 
  are 
  large 
  areas 
  that 
  have 
  little 
  growth 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  and 
  these 
  

   should 
  be 
  planted 
  with 
  pines. 
  The 
  seed 
  trees 
  are 
  so 
  scarce 
  through- 
  

   out 
  this 
  region 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  take 
  several 
  generations 
  of 
  self 
  seeding 
  

   before 
  a 
  stand 
  of 
  sufficient 
  density 
  to 
  make 
  desirable 
  timber 
  would 
  

   be 
  obtained. 
  Such 
  a 
  stand 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  once 
  by 
  planting. 
  Re- 
  

   foresting 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  give 
  such 
  lands 
  premanent 
  value 
  and 
  

   the 
  quicker 
  this 
  is 
  done 
  the 
  better 
  for 
  all. 
  

  

  OWNERSHIP 
  AND 
  VALUES 
  

   The 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  residents 
  on 
  the 
  farms 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  are 
  

   the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  land. 
  There 
  are, 
  however, 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  tenants. 
  

   This 
  is 
  especially 
  true 
  in 
  the 
  hill 
  region 
  where 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  

   held 
  by 
  nonresidents, 
  the 
  descendents 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  settlers. 
  The 
  

   population 
  is 
  cosmopolitan 
  in 
  its 
  character. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  goodly 
  

  

  