SCHEDULE OF INQUIRIES. 
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Undergrowth and soil cover: Humus, not deep; moss, bare. The 
undergrowth is formed of young trees, Bush Maple, Hazel, Dogwood, 
also small Blue Beech, Hornbeam, and Balsam. 
3. Swamp forests, 30,000 acres; yield, 3 M. feet, or 6 cords; Tamar¬ 
ack, 50 per cent.; height, 80 feet; diameter, 12 inches; White Cedar, 
40 per cent.; height, 50 feet; diameter, 16 inches; Spruce, 10 per 
cent.; height, 50 feet; diameter, 12 inches. The swamps are gener¬ 
ally stocked, many have suffered from fire, and many have trees of 
“all one size,” and all too small to use, so that the yield, when large 
areas are considered, is not very great. 
B. Cut-over lands, i. e., where most or all valuable timber has been 
removed. 
1. Total, 158,000 acres. 
2. Tracts owned in quantities of over 160 acres. 
3. Land not burned over, but no merchantable timber left, 
100,000 acres. 
4. Land burned over recently and waste, 58,000 acres. 
5. Land stocked with young growth of Pine, 10,000 acres. 
Of this— 
White Pine, 80 per cent., with Poplar; Norway, 20 per cent., with 
Poplar; Birch and Poplar found on all slashings, but of no promise. 
White Pine is 1 to 20 feet high, grows thriftily. Norway Pine is 1 
to 20 feet high, grows thriftily. Some very promising little groves 
occur about Merrill. 
6. On these lands there is generally much fallen timber of all 
sizes; the humus is burned off. The soil is covered with d§bris, pop¬ 
lar brush, and on sandy land by sweet fern and cherry. The chance 
of seeding is poor, often wanting over large districts. Danger of 
fire very great during every dry season. Help to fight fires is inade¬ 
quate where most needed. 
