NORTH WESTEEN SLOPE OF SMOKY MOUNTAINS. 169 



Proportions of timber species on northwestern slope of Smoky Mountains Continued. 



Per cent. 

 White pine 3 



Poplar 4 



Cucumber , 2 



Linn 5 



Birch 7 



Locust 1 



While some remarkably fine timber trees are here, the general average is 

 far inferior to what might be grown with so favorable a soil and climate. Fire, 

 grazing, and culling have reduced this forest considerably. Imperfect trees and 

 inferior species are abundant, while some of the burns and cattle ranges are 

 deficient in stand. 



Hardly any other forest in the country would respond so readily to the 

 forester's care and demonstrate so plainly that nearly all of this tract is best 

 adapted to timber growing. 



NORTH SLOPE OF WHITE ROCK MOUNTAIN (COCKE COUNTY, TENN.). 



Boundaries. On the north, the foot of the mountain; on the east. Pigeon 

 River; on the south, the mountain summit; and on the west, the eastern divide 

 of Little Pigeon River and the north slope of Smok}^ Mountain, between Pigeon 

 River and the eastern divide of the East Fork of Little Pigeon River. 



Area. Total, 32 square miles; cleared, 6.32 square miles; burned, 3.48 square 

 miles; wooded, 22.20 square miles. 



Surface. Steep mountain slopes, frequently rocky and precipitous, grading 

 into foothills deeply cut by watercourses. 



Soil. Light colored and shallow, except in a few coves. 



Humus amd litter. ^Light. Much has been burned away by recent fires. 



Agricultural value. Corn, rye, and oats are light, except on some new 

 ground in the coves. Fruits do well in the higher coves. 



Timber trees. Poplar, linn, ash, the oaks, red and sugar maple, gum, cherry, 

 walnut, and cucumber, with some pine along the foothills. Merchantable timber 

 is distributed among these species about in the order named. 



Yield. \^og timber, 28,160 M feet B. M.; small wood, 200,000 cords. 



Demand. Two dollars per thousand feet on the stump is now paid for 

 poplar. Other species mentioned above are cut in connection with poplar logging, 

 but seldom bring more than 50 cents per thousand feet. 



Accessibility. There is little or no log timber near the wagon roads. Logging- 

 is usually difiicult because of steep and brushy slopes. 



Reproduction. Free, except where much pastured or burned. 



