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county a sandier soil gave rise to almost a pure pinery form of forest. 
The Pine is generally cut; about 200,000,000 feet are still believed 
standing, but most of this is scattered, and not over half in large 
bodies. The Hemlock and hard woods in over half the county have 
suffered seriously from fires, and over large areas have been killed 
entirely. Nevertheless, there are nearly 400,000 acres of wooded area, 
which it is believed will cut about 1,000,000,000 feet Hemlock and 
900,000,000 feet of hard woods, in which latter Birch and Basswood 
predominate, with Elm and Maple following, both Ash and Oak being 
rather scarce. Price is one of the counties in which fire has done 
unusual damage, and large areas are entirely bare of growing material. 
Sawyer County.—A mixed forest of Pine and hard woods originally 
covered the entire county, except a narrow strip along the Nemakagon, 
which is a sandy Jack Pine and Norway pinery, and a sandy pinery 
area south ef Round Lake from the Chippewa west to the county line. 
Over considerable areas, as, for instance, along the Chippewa and 
Flambeau, the Pine prevailed. Hemlock occurs only in the eastern 
two-thirds, being rarely found west of range 7 west. The Pine has been 
cut along ell the rivers, but there are still large quantities, which in the 
aggregate are estimated at 2,000,000,000 feet, and by some even at 
2,500,000,000. The Hemlock amounts to about 900,000,000 feet, the 
hard woods 1,000,000,000, of which fully half is Birch and Basswood 
and about 10 per cent is Oak, the latter occurring chiefly in the western 
part of the county. The 12 per cent of swamp lands are generally 
stocked, though extensive damage has been done to those in the vicinity 
of Pine slashings. Even in this county, with little settlement, large 
tracts of burned-over lands are abundant. 
Shawano Couuty.—The southeastern one-third of this county, with its 
variable sandy loam and loamy soil, was formerly covered by a heavy 
torest of Pine, mixed with hard woods. The country about Lake Shaw- 
ano and north to the county line is part of the sandy pinery district 
extending from this lake to the Menominee River. The northwestern 
two-thirds was a very heavy mixed forest of Hemlock, hard woods, 
and Pine, growing on a good, though in places very strong, loam and 
clay soil. The Pine is cut, except in the Indian Reservation, where 
about 300,000,000 feet are still claimed standing. The hard woods 
and Hemlock of the southeastern two-thirds are culled and damaged 
by fire, while those of the northwestern half are largely intact and have 
been injured only about Pine slashings. The standing Hemlock is esti- 
mated at 650,000,000 feet, the hard woods at 700,000,000 feet, of which 
3asswood, Elm, and Maple form over 70 per cent and Oak only about 5 
per cent. Beech occurs only in the sandy loam area. About 30,000 
acres around Shawano are covered by young White Pine, which has 
sprung up on old slashings. The extensive swamps of the southeast- 
ern part have all been burned over, and many of them are being drained 
and cultivated. Those of the western half are largely stocked with 
