390 



REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



TABLE III.— MERCHANTABLE STAND — TOWNSHIP 41. 

 Trees 10 inches and over in diameter breasthigh on 929 acres. 



SPECIES. 



Average 



number of 



trees per acre. 



Percentage 



of 

 each species. 



Average 



diameter 



breasthigh. 



Maximum 



diameter 



breasthigh. 



Spruce . 

 Yellow birch . 

 Beech . 



Balsam . . . . 

 Sugar maple . 

 Hemlock 

 Soft maple . 

 Cedar . . . , 

 Dead spruce . 

 White pine 

 Black ash . 

 Tamarack . 

 Black cherry . 

 Other hardwoods 



All species 



29-75 



14-47 



11. 19 



7.08 



4-94 

 2.91 



1-57 

 .46 

 .28 

 .21 

 •05 

 .04 

 .02 

 • 03 



40-75 

 19.82 



15-33 



9.70 



6.77 



3-99 



2.15 



.63 



.38 



.29 



.07 



• 05 



•03 



.04 



Inches. 

 14. 1 

 14 

 13 

 12 



14 

 16 



13 

 12 

 16 

 28 



13 

 II 



13 

 14 



73.00 



100.00 



14. 1 



Inches. 



33 



46 

 28 

 29 

 31 



43 

 27 

 25 

 3i 

 45 

 20 

 16 



33 

 22 



Tl)e Reserves. 



In accordance with the policy adopted on Township 40, certain areas have 

 been set aside on Townships 5, 6 and 41 on which it is recommended that no 

 lumbering be done. These reserves are of two sorts, the water front reserve 

 and the summit reserve. The location and extent of these areas is shown on the 

 accompanying map. 



Water Front Reserve. 



The water front reserve consists of a strip at least two hundred feet in width 

 around all the lakes and ponds and bordering some of the main streams. The 

 purpose of this reserve is to protect the belt of forest adjacent to the lakes, 

 which adds so much to the attractiveness of this region. This strip has been 

 carefully plotted on the map and is believed to be of sufficient width to shut out 

 from the view of persons passing on the lake any sight of the lumbering in 

 the woods. 



