214 THE 80UTHEEN APPALACHIAN FORESTS. 



Yield. On north slopes and in the hollows there are from 4,000 to 5,000 

 feet B. M. of timber per acre; on south slopes from 500 to 1,000 feet per acre. 

 In addition to the mill timber there are about 15 cords of small wood per acre. 



Demand. At present there is no demand for timber, except for local use, 

 and stumpage, except of the choicest grade, sells at 75 cents to $1 per thousand 

 feet. 



Accessibility. The mouth of the creek is 8 miles from Little Tennessee River 

 at Franklin, the nearest stream which is large enough to float logs. The nearest 

 shipping point is Dillsboro, on the Southern Railway, 25 miles from the mouth 

 of the creek, too far to haul any but the very choicest lumber. If the proposed 

 railway were constructed from Dillsboro to Franklin, a logging road could easily 

 be built from the latter place to the mouth of this creek. 



Cutting. There is at present no mill cutting on this stream. Small portable 

 mills have made one or two stands on the lower part of the stream, culling some 

 of the best poplar and ash. No oak, however, has been cut, except for local use 

 and no tan bark has been stripped. 



J^ire. At different times nearly the entire watershed has. been badly burned, 

 and southern slopes suffer from regularly repeated ground fires. 



Reproduction. The reproduction is generally good, especially in the case of 

 white oak, scarlet oak, chestnut, and sourwood by seed, and the oaks and chestnuts 

 by stool shoots. 



Second growth. Second growth is scant. On north slopes and in the hollows 

 the shade is too dense for seedlings to thrive, and the fires tend to repress young 

 growth on the drier slopes and crests. 



Undergrowth. There is very little undergrowth, merely an occasional thicket 

 of Kalmia^ rhododendron, or of bush honeysuckle. 



JRate of growth. Young trees on north slopes and in the hollows make ver}^ 

 good growth. This is especially true of the dominant trees in the even-age 

 stands, where on the best soils an inch of diameter accretion is often made in 

 four years by trees 50 to 60 years old. The growth on dry south slopes is much 

 slower and the trees attain a smaller size. 



Water power. There is no available water power on the stream. 



Prices of land. Farming land is valued at $6 to $15 per acre; woodland, at 

 %\ to $4 per acre. 



80C0 CREEK BASIN (jACKSON COUNTY, N. c). 



Area. Total, 43 square miles; cleared, 4 square miles; wooded, 39 square 

 miles; severely burned, 1 square mile. 



Surface. The upper portion of the area is very rough and mountainous, the 



