. Annual report . Forest, Fish and Game Commission 117 but was more common in the swamps of the south than on the became the principal tree of the light sandy regions of the north-east, where it was found in mixture with spruce and balsam. Theoriginal forest types of the county, therefore, were the northernhardwoods, occupying three-fourths of the entire area, with hem-lock in sufficient quantity to give a distinctive character to the mix-ture ; the swamp types, containing pine in addition to the cedar, bal-sam, black ash, red maple and elm more commonly found in suchsituations; and t
. Annual report . Forest, Fish and Game Commission 117 but was more common in the swamps of the south than on the became the principal tree of the light sandy regions of the north-east, where it was found in mixture with spruce and balsam. Theoriginal forest types of the county, therefore, were the northernhardwoods, occupying three-fourths of the entire area, with hem-lock in sufficient quantity to give a distinctive character to the mix-ture ; the swamp types, containing pine in addition to the cedar, bal-sam, black ash, red maple and elm more commonly found in suchsituations; and the mixed pine types where the principal specie wasthe white pine. THE PRESENT FOREST THE HARDWOOD TYPE The northern hardwood type has given place to the scatteredwoodlot type and cultivated land. The desire to secure land foragricultural purposes has been carried altogether too far and manyareas were denuded that are better fitted for a forest crop than foranything else. This land today yields at best a very poor
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