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REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



summit reserve in Township 6 embrace the summits of Bradley Mountain and 

 of the several nameless hills scattered throughout the township. 



The total number of valuation surveys run in the merchantable area in Town- 

 ship 6 was 1,240. The data compiled from these surveys appear in Table II. 



TABLE II. — MERCHANTABLE STAND — TOWNSHIP 6. 

 Trees 10 inches and over in diameter breasthigh on 1,240 acres. 



SPECIES. 



Spruce . 

 Yellow birch . 

 Balsam . 

 Sugar maple . 

 Beech 

 Hemlock 

 Soft maple . 

 Cedar 



Dead spruce . 

 White pine 

 Black cherry . 

 Black ash . 

 Tamarack . 

 Basswood . 

 White ash . 

 White elm . 

 Other hardwoods 



All species 



Average 



number of 



trees per acre. 



26. 

 14. 



7 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



82 

 18 

 88 

 09 



05 

 42 



15 

 23 

 23 

 13 

 08 



OS 

 01 

 01 

 01 

 01 

 01 



60.36 



Percentage 



of 



each species. 



44 

 23 

 13 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 1 



100.00 



43 

 49 

 07 

 78 

 OS 

 01 

 90 

 38 

 38 

 22 



13 

 08 

 02 

 02 

 02 

 02 

 02 



Average 



diameter 



breasthigh. 



Inches. 

 13-7 

 16.5 

 12-5 



15-7 

 I5-I 

 17.6 



13-5 



13-2 



15.6 

 24.2 

 13.0 

 12.2 

 12.3 

 13-5 

 13-5 

 13-5 

 13-5 



15.6 



Maximum 



diameter 



breasthigh. 



Inches. 

 31 



44 

 26 



33 

 28 



43 

 26 

 28 

 30 

 33 

 27 

 19 

 18 



17 

 25 



25 



24 



Township 41. 



The forest on Township 41 contains the three forest types. The spruce land 

 type covers a greater proportion of the area than the swamp, making up sixty- 

 one per cent of the total area and seventy-two per cent of the merchantable 

 area. It embraces all the higher portions of the township lying between the 

 upper limit of the swamp and the lower line of the summit reserve. The char- 

 acteristic of this type is well-drained soil on which is found a mixed forest of 



