mePORT ON THE TIMBERS OF THE TRADEW A- 
TER REGION-—-CALDWELL, ‘LYON: CRIT: 
TENDEN, HOPKINS, WEBSTER 
AND UNION COUNTIES. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
I need say but little in regard to the method of timber- 
study pursued in these counties, as it is almost identical with: 
that described in a former report on the timbers of neighbor- 
ing counties. In speaking of and tabulating the characteris- 
tics of the timbers of different localities, it will be noticed that 
I have changed my points of study to suit the changed condi- 
tions of the timbers. For instance, where there is a heavy 
drain constantly made upon the forests by cutting and floating 
out timbers, I have tried to find out about the rate at which 
valuable timbers are disappearing, and to compare that with 
the character and growth of the young forest trees, in order~ 
to arrive at the effects of such drain upon the future forests. 
of Kentucky. Again, in another locality, where some other 
cause is Operating to produce other effects, or where similar 
effects are produced by different means, I have paid especial 
attention to this changed condition of things and so on. 
The valuable timbers in this part of Kentucky are chiefly 
the following, which are important in the order given: white 
oak, liriodendron (yellow poplar), white and black ash, white 
hickory (or second growth hickory of any variety), white elm, 
black walnut, post oak, sweet gum, bartram oak, and cotton 
tree. And when I say that these timbers are important in the 
order given, I take into consideration their value as a source 
of wealth to the State, which depends upon three things: the- 
market value of the timber, the amount of it found in the- 
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