NOETHWESTERN SLOPE OF SMOKY MOUNTAINS. 175 



6 per cent; 8weet gum, 1 per cent; linn, 2 per cent; sugar maple, 10 per cent; 

 red maple, 1 per cent; cucumber and hickory together, 2 per cent. 



Yield. hog timber, 117,056 M feet B. M.; small wood, 468,000 cords. 



Demand. Poplar and ash have been sold at 50 cents to $1 per thousand 

 feet on the stump. 



Accessibility. The log timber that has been taken from this region has been 

 floated down the river. This stream is the best driving stream along the 

 northern slope of the Smoky Mountains. Splash dams were necessary to take 

 out the soft woods that have been removed. The hard woods that remain must 

 be hauled out. 



Cutting. Probably 50 per cent of the soft woods have been taken out. 



Fire. Nearly all the ridges have been burned over every year, killing much 

 of the underbrush, injuring many timber trees, and deadening large areas. 



Reproduction. Free on cuttings that have not been burned. The burns 

 are pastured, and seedlings are kept down. The pines come in most freely on 

 such land. 



Second growth. Saplings are few, owing to burning and grazing. 



Undergrowth. Reduced by fire and grazing. 



Hate of groivth. Slow on ridges, but rapid where moist. 

 Water power. Abundant. 



Prices of land. Probably not more than $5 per acre would be asked for 

 any considerable area. 



LAUREL CREEK BASIN (bLOUNT COUNTY, TENN.). 



Area. Total, 6.76 square miles; cleared, 0.50 square mile; severely burned, 

 0.32 square mile; wooded, 5.9-1 square miles. 



Surface. Moderately mountainous. About 1 square mile along the upper 

 portion of the creek is arable. 



Soil. Of medium quality; light on the ridges. 



Humus and Utter. Light on the ridges; abundant elsewhere. 



Agrictdtural value. About 1 square mile would be profitable under cultivation. 



Timber trees, White pine, 10 per cent; black pine, 6 per cent; the oaks, 40 

 per cent; the maples, 10 per cent; ash, 5 per cent; chestnut, 10 per cent; hemlock, 

 10 per cent; and other species, 9 per cent. 



Yield. \jog timber, 18,624 M feet B. M.; small wood, 67,000 cords. 



Demand. All the timber could be bought for 50 cents per thousand feet on 

 the stump. 



Accessihillty. Difiicult. A rough and hilly wagon road leads to Tuckaleechee 

 Cove and on to Mar}- ville. 



