NEW EIVER BASIN. 69 



Undergrowth. Light. Most of the woodlands have passed the stage of dense 

 undergl'owth. 



Reproduction. Free. 

 Rate of growth. Rapid. 

 Water power. Abundant on New River. 

 Ownership. Local. 



Occupancy. About 100 families are living on this tract. 

 Prices of land. From $5 to $50 per acre. 



LITTLE FOX CREEK BASIN (gRAYSON COUNTY. VA.). 



Area. Total, 7.75 square miles; cleared, 4 square miles; wooded, 3.75 square 

 miles. 



Surface. Hilly to mountainous, with narrow and interrupted bottom lands 

 along the creek. 



Soil. Red clayey loam. 



Agricultural value. Grass does well on all new clearings, but the hill lands 

 are soon impoverished. About 1,500 acres are adapted to permanent agriculture. 



Timber trees. Oaks, 45 per cent; chestnut, 15 per cent; hemlock, 3 per cent; 

 white pine, 1 per cent; black pine, 1 per cent; hickory, 2 per cent; gum, 2 per 

 cent; maple, 1 per cent; other species, 30 per cent. 



Yield. \jOg timber, 3,904 M feet B. M,; small wood, 44,160 cords. 



Demand. Local and slight. 



Accessibility. Too remote for the general market. The mountain sides are 

 steep and brushy. 



Fire. Formerh' prevalent; fires in recent years have done very little harm. 



Second growth. In general, there are about half enough saplings to furnish 

 a good stand if the old trees were cut. 



Undergrovjth. There is much laurel and other brush about the headwaters 

 of the stream. 



Reproduction. Naturally free. 



Rate of growth. Medium. 



Water power. A moderate power could be secured on Big Fox Creek at its 

 mouth. 



O wnership. Local . 



Occupancy. About 20 families are living in this basin. 



Prices of land. From $5 to $20 per acre. 



