Second—gm wth forest.

scrubby on account of the general light, leached, and sandy nature of the Martinvale and Bayfield soils.

A larger percentage of land is occupied by second growth timber in Kings and western Prince Counties. The sparse population in Townships 7 to 12, 35 to 39, 45 to 47, and 58 to 62 are in part due to the presence of much second growth forest. New forest areas are increasing on the lighter soils where the population decrease is most marked.2 Some merchantable timber still remains in the undrained depressions. An increase of 20 to 30% in the population of Township 10 occupying a large part of the Portage Depression is due to the timber resources. Population is most dense on the lands of Queens and eastern Prince counties where the forests have been removed to make way for agriculture. Early shipbuilding at the good harbor sites contributed to the support of urban inhabitants who are forced to depend on agriculture, animal life, and commerce in recent years.

[pp. 2223, but with new paragraphing.]

1. His map, however, shows the White Cedar Belt as occurring only on his Wiltshire soils.

2. There are other descriptions in the dissertation — too lengthy to include here — of the decline of farming in particular parts of the province, and of the subsequent spreading of second-growth forest onto abandoned fields (eg. see pp. 77, 81—83).

Figure 1.

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PRINCE EDWARD lSLAND

NATURAL VEGETATION

1927 SCALE OF MILES

5 0 5 IO 15 20

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WHITE CESAR BELT OF LARCH \\ FAIR MIXED CONIFERS BELT MIXED CONIFERS _\ SCRUBBY DEC HARDWOODS STUNTED HARDW'DS

CENTRAL FOREST . DEC HARDWOODS EASTERN FOREST BELT BELT ‘ ' SCANT Mx CON -

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Stilgenbauer’s Figure 29, showing ‘The Forest Belts of Prince Edward Island’.

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