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but as it is yet far from mature, better returns will be obtained by allowing 

 the trees to grow than could be got from their present sale. Besides this. 

 Hemlock bark is not sufficiently thick on small trees to make it 

 valuable, nor heavy enough to sell to advantage by weight. That the bark 

 should be used when this species is logged is obvious, both because of its 

 value and because in order to drive the logs the bark must be removed. 

 In addition, the value of Hemlock is at present comparatively small. A rise 

 in value may reasonably be expected in the future, since Hemlock is being 

 used more and more in the place of Spruce, as the demand for the latter 

 increases. 



Hardwoods. 



There are several reasons which make present lumbering of the hard- 

 woods inadvisable. It is recognized that for the , benefit of the young 

 growth it would be best to remove the large hardwoods at once and so 

 improve the conditions for reproduction of the more valuable softwoods. 

 But present rates render the logging of hardwoods on Township 40 imprac- 

 ticable. Prices do not warrant generally the cost of building logging roads, 

 nor the hauling of logs to the present railroad, which w^ould be necessary, 

 since it is not feasible to drive hardwoods. 



However, wath the construction of a manufacturing plant on Township 

 40 and the necessary branch railroad connecting with the Raquette Lake 

 Railway, the more valuable species, as Birch, Hard Maple, Beech, Black 

 Cherry, and White Ash, of the larger diameters, would undoubtedly find a 

 ready sale at good prices. The roads that had been cut for the Spruce and 

 Pine could be utilized for removing the hardwoods. The cost of lumbering 

 would be reduced and, consequently, the stumpage would become more 

 valuable, while the tops might be sold for fuel, or for the manufacture of 

 charcoal, wood alcohol, etc. This should be done in order to get them out 

 of the way and so lessen the danger from fire. 



The larger portion of the hardwood timber on Township 40, tributary 

 to Raquette Lake, is on Compartments Nos. 2, 3, and 5, and could be 

 brought to the hereafter proposed location for a mill much more cheaply 

 than to the present railroad station on the lake. 



For these reasons it would be more profital:ile to lumber the softwoods 

 first and the hardwoods afterwards, although the opposite arrangement 

 would be better for the forest. 



