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Reproduction. Free. ' 



Rate of growth. Rapid. 

 Water powei'. Limited. '^ 



Own ershij). Local . 



Occupancy. About 120 families are living in this basin, including the village 

 of Flag Pond. 



Plaices of land. From $5 to $30 per acre. 



EMBREVILLE DISTRICT, TENN. 



Boundaries. From the road along the foot of the mountain to the crest of 

 the north slope, between Embreville and Haysville Furnace, Green and Cocke 

 counties, Tenn. 



Area. Total, 39 square miles; cleared, 11 square miles; wooded, 28 square 

 miles; burned, 10 square miles. 



Surface. The surface is a steep, and in many places precipitous, slope to the 

 west, indented with a few small hollows. Along the foot of the mountain are low, 

 rough hills. 



Soil. In the foothills the soil is a yellow clay, largel}^ intermixed with coarse 

 sand and gravel, derived from slates. On the mountain slope it is very thin, 

 sandy, or gravelly, and is derived from quartzite. 



Humus and littei\ Repeated fires have destroyed the accumulated litter, 

 except in a few of the deepest hollows. 



Agricidtural value. The mountain slopes are absolutely valueless for agri- 

 cultural purposes. The foothills are poor and in many places almost sterile. 

 Corn is the staple crop, but the yield is light. 



Timher trees. Scrub pine, black pine, scarlet oak, chestnut oak, chestnut, and 

 white pine form the forest on the mountain slope and the characteristic growth 

 on the foothills. This forest has been ])adly burned and the greater part of the 

 hard woods are stool shoots, and the same is true of much of the black pine. 

 In the hollows there is some poplar, black oak, linn, birch, and ash, but the 

 amount is insignificant. 



Yield. On the slopes the yield is less than 1,000 feet of merchantable 

 timber per acre. In the hollows it is between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. 



Demand. Good timber, where accessible, brings from $1 to $3 per thousand 

 feet on the stump. 



Accessibility. The foot of the mountain is within 3 to 8 miles of the river, 

 which is large and quiet enough for rafting. . A railroad is near one end of the 

 mountain. 



