At present the pine is largely cut both from the mixed forests and in the pinery; entire uncut
or virgin townships scarcely exist, and in every county large and small ''pine slashings'' or
'•stump prairies" are met. in the hardwoods, the oak and basswood, and to some extent the elm,
liave been culled over large tracts, and entire counties, like Wood and Barron, have been logged
over (not logged clean). Besides this the hardwood and still more the hemlock, about most pine
slashings, but especially on all lighter soils where the pine predominated, have suttered from fire,
and over large areas they are entirely fire killed. Many if not most of the swamps have been
burned over, and present all stages from the dense green swamp forest to a bewildering tangle ol
charred masses of dead and down timber. It is estimated that about 8,500,000 acTes, or 45 per
cent of the total area, is cut-over land, most of which is also burned over and largely waste.
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