236 THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORESTS. 



Yield. hog timber, 8,000 M feet B. M.; small wood, 59,700 cords. 



Demand. The best log timber is worth about $1 per thousand feet on the 

 stump. 



Accessibility. A wagon road now leads across the mountain to Andrews, 

 about 10 miles distant from the remotest part of the valley. 



Cutting. The lower portion of the valley has been quite thoroughly culled, 

 both for the market and for local use. 



I^ire. Fires are repeatedly set in the spring. The brush is reduced and 

 the trees are frequently scarred. 



Reproduction. Restrained by fire and grazing. 



/Second growth. Not promising on the ridges, but abundant on some wood lots. 



Undeft^groiiotTi. Light. 



Rate of growth. Medium. 



Water power. The stream is too small to furnish much power. 



Prices of land.- Ridge land is said to be worth 50 cents to $1 per acre. 

 The best farm lands are held at $10 per acre. 



LONG CREEK DISTRICT (gRAHAM COUNTY, N. c). 



Boundaries. The divides comprising the entire drainage basin of Long Creek 

 above Robbinsville, excepting Atoa Creek. 



Area. Total, 6 square miles; cleared, 0.67 square mile; wooded, 5.33 square 

 miles. 



Surface. The slopes are moderate, except about the head of the stream, where 

 they are very steep and rocky. Some 600 acres are smooth enough to be arable. 



Soil.- Light on ridges; deep, dark loam in coves; sand}^ loam along the 

 stream bottom. 



Humus and litter. In moderate quantity. 



Agricultural value. Only the stream bottoms and coves and some saddles on 

 the mountain ridges are worth cultivating. 



Timber trees. Chestnut, 30 per cent; chestnut oak, 5 per cent; other oaks, 

 50 per cent; hickory, 5 per cent; ash, cherry, and poplar, 5 per cent; other species 

 together, 5 per cent. 



Yield. hog timber, 10,230 M feet B. M.; small wood, 61,380 cords. 



Demand. The best of the timber could be bought for $1 per thousand feet 

 on the stump. 



Accessibility. The wagon road leads over the mountain to the railroad at 

 Andrews, a distance of about 12 miles from the remotest part of this tract. 



Cutting. The more accessible portions of the whole area have been culled. 



