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Timber trees. Oaks, 50 per cent; chestnut, 20 per cent; maples, 10 per cent; 

 gum, 3 per cent; white pine, 3 per cent; hemlock, 2 per cent; others 12 per 

 cent. 



Yield. Ijog timber, 9,120 M feet B. M.; smallwood, 63,840 cords. 



Demand. Local and slight, except for choicest logs of walnut, cherry, etc. 

 Oak, etc., when sold brings about $1 per thousand feet on stump. 



xiccessihility. Remote from markets, with bad roads. Surface not especially 

 difficult to log. 



Fire. Fires are rare, being prevented b}" clearings. 



Reproduction. Free. After cutting, the same species as before quickly 

 reoccupy the land. 



Rate of growth. Rapid. 



Wate7' power. Limited. The streams are small. 



Ownership. Nearly all this land is held by resident farmers. 



Occupancy. Three-fourths of the land is under cultivation by resident 

 farmers. 



Prices of land. From $2 to $50 per acre. 



JEFFERSON DISTRICT. 



Boundaries. This tract lies between the Blue Ridge on the south and New 

 River on the north. 



Area. Total, 369.25 square miles; cleared, 201.50 square miles; wooded, 

 167.75 square miles. 



Surface. Hillj' to mountainous. 



Humus and litter. Very little. 



Soil. Derived from gneiss and schist by decomposition and erosion, forming 

 red clay in the valleys and clayey loam on the hills. 



Agricultural value. Generally fertile; wheat, corn, oats, and grass do well 

 on new ground, but the steep slopes are so liable to erosion that hill land soon 

 wears out. 



Timber trees. Oaks, 56 per cent; chestnut, 20 per cent; black gum, 3 per 

 cent; sugar maple, 2 per cent; red maple, 1 per cent; white pine, 3 per cent; 

 hemlock, 3 per cent; black pine, 1 per cent; cucumber, 1 per cent; buckeye, 1 

 per cent linn, 1 per cent; others, 8 per cent. 



Yield. Log timber, 187,850 M f eet B. M.; small wood, 1,819,942 cords. 



Demand. Stumpage prices are practically nominal, owing to the distance 

 from market. Occasionally some of the best log timber is sold at %1 per thousand 

 feet on the stump. 



