. New England; a human interest geographical reader. In the heart of the Maine woodsThe Maine Forests \ LL the eastern portion of the United States was-^-^ formerly heavily timbered, but now most of thetrees have been cleared away to make room for thecultivation of crops and for pasturing domestic ani-mals. The forests that remain are chiefly in regions 329 330 New England where the land is not desirable for farms, or in dis-tricts far away from settled communities. But innorthern New England extensive forests still all of Maine from the White Mountains eastwardis woodland, and in
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. In the heart of the Maine woodsThe Maine Forests \ LL the eastern portion of the United States was-^-^ formerly heavily timbered, but now most of thetrees have been cleared away to make room for thecultivation of crops and for pasturing domestic ani-mals. The forests that remain are chiefly in regions 329 330 New England where the land is not desirable for farms, or in dis-tricts far away from settled communities. But innorthern New England extensive forests still all of Maine from the White Mountains eastwardis woodland, and in it both Connecticut and RhodeIsland might be placed and lost to the world and toeach other. If you climb Mount Katahdin, the statesloftiest mountain, which rises to a height of 5273 feet,. Mount Katahdin from the West Branch of the Penobscot you can see from its summit only trees as far as theeye can reach. Katahdin is almost in the exact centreof the state. The forest once contained many tall pines that thrustup above the other trees and gave to Maine the titleof The Pine Tree State. But these big pines have The Maine Forests 331 nearly all been cut now, and the most numerous of thevaluable forest trees that remain are spruce. Animmense amount of timber comes from Maines wil-derness every year. Formerly logging did not begin until early in thewinter when the boggy places in the rude forest roadshad been frozen and the snow had smoothed over theirunevenness. Now cutting starts in late summer thatthe logs maybe ready to bemoved whenthe snowcomes. Some-what before alumber crewbegins workan advanceguard goes tothe forestwhere their employers claim is located. They selecta spot near one of the lakes or small streams that areso numerous in the swampy northern woodland, andes
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