No. 1 — Rolling to Hilly. Mixed Hardwood Cover. 



No. 2 — Rolling Hillcrest. Mixed Hardwood Cover. 



No. 3 — Very Hilly. Original Hardwood Cover. 



Lakes, Rock Strewn areas in Chippewa 

 County, Rock Knobs in Gogebic County and 

 undrained Muskegs of Marshes bordering 

 shallow lakes in many sections of the state 

 are typical of this type of land. 

 Cover: Little or none of any value to either 



wild life or man. 

 Utilization: Little or none. Not suited to any 

 type of forest reproduction. 

 Recreational use very limited and confined to 

 small areas. 



Greatest value generally found where this 

 land is adjacent to lakes. If there are ac- 

 cessible building sites small areas are some- 

 times used for cottages. 



Production cost is the major factor to be 

 considered by the assessor when using stump- 

 age prices to determine the value of forest 

 products. 



Production of "Logging Costs" include such 

 items as: 



1. Accessibility of the tract to roads 



No. 4 — Level to Hilly. No Timber Reproduction. 



2. Terrain or Topography 



3. Amount of "underbrush" 



4. Drainage or quality of the soil 



5. Quality of the timber 



6. Density of growth 



7. Uniformity of size 



8. Uniformity of species 



9. Availability of right of way to the tract 

 Considerable quantities of commercial size 



timber have existed in areas where the cost 

 of harvesting the product would have exceeded 

 the F.O.B. price and so has not been cut. In 

 instances of this kind it might be successfully 

 argued that the timber, as such, had no value 

 for the present. 



EXAMPLES OF APPRAISALS 



Swamp and Non-Productive Land 



No attempt will be made to provide any ex- 

 amples of appraisals of swamp lands. Any 

 sample provided would not be representative 



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