178 THE SOHTHERN APPALACHIAN FORESTS. 



Fire. Fires are very frequent. Many trees have been injured or killed, 

 but no large areas are entirely deadened. 



Reproduction. y ^v^^ scant, owing to the numerous fires and the close grazing. 

 On moist land seedlings come in quite freely, the pines most abundant of all. 



Second growth. Inferior. Under fire and grazing this forest is degenerating. 



Undergrowth. y QVj little. 



Rate of growth. Fair in hollows, but slow on ridges. 



Water powei\ Several good mill sites are along the lower stream, especially 

 near the mouth. 



Prices of land. The best farms are offered at S5 per acre. Most of the 

 woodland can be bought for 50 cents per acre. 



CHILHOWEE MOUNTAIN (bLOUNT COUNTY, TENN.). 



Boundaries. This area includes that portion of the Chilhowee Mountain (on 

 the Knoxville topographic sheet) west of the Montvale road. 



Area. Total, 13.28 square miles; cleared, 0.48 square mile; wooded, 12.80 

 square miles. 



Surface. Mountainous; steep and rocky. 



Soil. Very light. 



Humus and litter. Scant. 



Agricultural value. Nothing. 



Timher trees. South slope: Black pine, 50 per cent; black oak, 20 per cent; 

 red oak, 6 per cent; scarlet oak, 5 per cent; white oak, 5 per cent; chestnut oak, 

 5 per cent; hickory, 5 per cent; and chestnut, poplar, ash, and others, 4 per cent. 



Yield. Ijog timber, 24,576 M feet B. M.; small wood, 82,000 cords. 



Demand. One dollar per thousand feet on the stump is considered a good 

 pri(;e for the best of the log timber. 



- Accessibility. Fair. Wagon roads lead to the lowlands of western Tennes- 

 see and down Abram Creek to Little Tennessee River. The mountain slopes, 

 being quite steep and rocky, are rather difiicult for logging. 



Cutting. The northern foot of the mountain has been culled. On the south 

 slope no timber has been cut, except for local use. 



Fire. Fires are very frequent, killing sprouts and consuming humus and 

 litter. 



Reproditction. Scant. Many seedlings start up, but they are usuall}'^ killed 

 by fire and grazing. Under these conditions pine reproduces better than other 

 species. 



Second growth. Light and defective on the south slope. Frequently dense 

 on the north slope, especially in the coves. 



