176 THE SOUTHEETT APPALACHIAN? FORESTS. 



Chitting. A small mill has been operated about 4 miles from the head of 

 this stream, but at little or no profit. Several hundred thousand feet of lumber 

 have been sawed. 



^Tr. Many fires have been set along the road, and much of the forest 

 near it has been killed. The remote portions are but slightly injured. 



Reproduction. Free where fires are not repeated. White pine comes in 

 freely. 



Second growth. Saplings are abundant. 



Rate of growth. Medium to rapid. 



Water power. Limited. The stream is small. 



Prices of land. The whole tract could probably be bought for %\ per acre. 



CADES COVE DISTRICT (bLOUNT COUNTY, TENN.). 



Boundaries. The divides comprising all of the drainage basin above the 

 junction of Cove and Forge creeks. 



Area. Total, 37.62 square miles; cleared, 7.08 square miles; burned, 0.24 

 square mile; woodland, 30.30 square miles. 



Surface. A large, wide valley of rolling land, surrounded by mountains 

 having steep slopes, which merge into foothills of moderate slope near the bottom. 



Soil. Light, except in coves. In the valley is much so-called "dead land," 

 where the soil seems to contain some ingredient unfavorable to plant growth. 

 The areas of this sort are not large, however. 



Humus and litter. Usually light, owing to repeated fires and much grazing. 



Agricultural value. The large area of arable land, practically all of which 

 is cleared, produces much less than one would expect. The coves about the foot 

 of the mountains, however, are quite productive, yielding fair crops of corn and 

 grass. 



Timber trees. Chestnut, 30 per cent; chestnut oak, 20 per cent; hemlock, 12 

 per cent; white pine, 12 per cent; sugar maple, 6 per cent; red gum, 4 per cent; 

 black birch, 4 per cent; black oak, 6 per cent; and others, 6 per cent. 



Yield. "Log timber, 96,960 M feet B. M.; small wood, 291,000 cords. 



Dennand. There is no demand except for local use, and the timber has prac- 

 tically no stumpage value. 



Accessibility. The nearest shipping point is Maryville, and two mountain 

 ranges have to be crossed to reach the railroad. The timber land itself, however, 

 is not especially diflScult of access. 



Cutting. There has been very little cutting, except for local use. The large 

 proportion of the timber has been burned in clearing. 



Fire. Fires are set whenever they will run, and the forest shows the effect 



