Report of the Forestry Commission of New HampshireEdward N. Pearson, 1885 |
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Page 17 - Canaan street, now covered with a firm, dry sod, was laid out through a swamp, impassable but for the hummocks and fallen trees, while dense forests of giant trees covered the hills. The writer who furnishes the above facts, a native of the place, returning after an absence of thirty years, found the hills and rocks hare, the springs choked up, and the mills obliged to resort to steam power or lie idle.
Page 95 - If any person shall kindle a fire by the use of firearms, or by any other means, on land not his own, he shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars ; and if such fire spreads and does any damage to the property of others, he shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Page 14 - ... apparent to the most casual observer. Our springs are later, our summers are drier, and every year becoming more so; our autumns are carried forward into winter, while our winter climate is subject to far greater changes of temperature than formerly. The total average of snowfall is perhaps as great as ever, but it is certainly less regular and covers the ground for a shorter period than formerly. Twenty years ago peaches were a profitable crop...
Page 15 - Twenty years ago peaches were a profitable crop in Massachusetts; now we must depend on New Jersey and Delaware for our supply; and our apples and other orchard fruits now come from beyond the limits of New England. The failure of these and other crops in the older States is generally ascribed to the exhaustion of the soil; but with greater reason it can be referred to the destruction of the forests which sheltered us from the cold winds of the north and west, and which, keeping the soil under their...
Page 55 - Wood very valuable for axe-handles, wagon-thills, spokes, hoops for cooperage, etc. Nuts sweet and edible, but not equal to those of the shagbark. It is common in the lower Merrimack valley and towards the coast. In the Connecticut valley it is abundant on the hills near the river in the vicinity of the state line, but is not common above Bellows Falls. Carya tomentosa, Nutt. Called Mocker Nut or Black Hickory in the South and West. In New Hampshire it is found sparingly near the coast. The quality...
Page 95 - If any person, with intent to injure another, kindles or causes to be kindled a fire on his own or another's land, and thereby the property of any other person is injured or destroyed, he shall be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding three years.
Page 52 - Merrimack valley towards the coast, and along the Connecticut as far as Westmoreland. Generally found very near the streams, and much more abundant formerly than now, as this species, although vigorous enough in the Mississippi valley, appears to be falling into decay and to be gradually disappearing from New England. It is a large and handsome tree. The outer bark flakes off in large scales and shows the white inner bark, thus giving the surface a peculiar mottled appearance. The wood is moderately...
Page 66 - It is the most symmetrical of the spruces ; sometimes attains two feet in diameter ; is short-lived, and, until recently, considered worthless, but is now considered to be good for boards and shingles, which bear exposure to the weather as well as the hemlock. The trunk is covered with large blisters, which yield the Canada balsam employed in medicine and microscopy.
Page 64 - Connecticut, which contained some of the finest timber in New England ;. but this magnificent forest has long since disappeared, but a few scattered remnants remaining. Specimens have been known which were more than two hundred feet high and six or eight feet in diameter. The white pine seeds very freely, and the site of the ancient forest is indicated by tracts of vigorous saplings which in twenty or thirty years are fit to cut for pail and fish-barrel staves, laths, clapboards, box-boards, etc.,...
Page 59 - Bark darkcolored, scaling from the trunk when old; heart-wood reddish, this species therefore sometimes called cherry or mahogany birch. The wood is heavier than that of the other birches, and takes the best polish, is much used in turning and cabinet-work, and makes a superior fuel. Its range is from the seacoast westward over the southern highlands, and in the Connecticut valley finds its northern limit a little beyond that of the chestnut.