NOETH WESTERN SLOPE OF SMOKY MOUNTAINS. 173 



Humus and litter. Abundant. 



Agricultural value. Very productive where cleared. Corn, grass, and fruits 

 are the principal crops. 



Timber trees. Same as Alum Cave district, with the addition of gopherwood 

 and holly. 



Yield. hog timber, 17,715 M feet B. M.; small wood, 40,000 cords. 



Demand. Stumpage values are low because access is difficult. Best export 

 timber brings $2 per thousand feet on the stump. 



Accessibility. Naturally difficult. A fair wagon road has been built from 

 Sevierville via Wear Valley. The slopes are steep and brushy. 



Cutting. Small mills have been operated for some years. One is now 

 cutting the timber from the upper coves. 



Fire. Fires have run over most of the ridges, on which about half the 

 trees are dead. The coves have escaped severe fire. 



Reproduction. Free. On recent burns there are many small seedlings. 



Second growth. The original forest is well supplied with saplings, but few 

 are left on the burned areas. 



Undergrowth. Except in the ravines, where laurel is abundant, the under- 

 brush has been reduced by fire and grazing. 



Rate of growth. Rapid. 



Water power. A stream 15 feet wide by 1 foot deep, with a swift current, 

 falls rapidly through its entire course. 



Prices of land. From $2 to %h per acre. 



LITTLE RIVER BASIN BELOW ELI m'cARTER'S (SEVIER COUNTY, TENN.). 



Boundaries. ^The divides comprising all of the land draining into the East 

 Fork of the Little River below Eli McCarter's, except that draining into Jakes 

 Creek. 



Area. Total, 24.20 square miles; cleared, 0.56 square mile; wooded, 23.64 

 square miles. 



Surface. Very steep and rocky, except Little Greenbrier Cove, on the Wear 

 Cove road. 



Soil. Light, except in coves. 



Humus and litter. Light; mostly consumed by fire. 



Agricultural 'value. Slight. 



Tiriiher trees. Black pine, 7 per cent; red oak, 10 per cent; black oak, 4 

 per cent; chestnut oak, 5 per cent; ash, 2 per cent; scarlet oak, 10 per cent; 

 white oak, 1 per cent; red maple, 7 per cent; sugar maple, 10 per cent; birch, 

 10 per cent; peawood, 10 per cent; linn, 12 per cent; hemlock, 4 per cent; 



