Second Annual Report of the Forest Commissioner of the St...
Oak, Charles E. Excerpt from Second Annual Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine, 1894Within the memory of very many of our older inhabitants, in speaking of the timber lands, only the value of the pine was taken into consideration in fixing prices, even spruce, which has since become so very valuable, being considered of so little value as to enter as a very small factor in their calculation.No one seemed to dream that the spruce growth wou...