TALLULAH-CHATTOOGA RIVEK BASIN. 259 



Rep7'od'uction. On tlie best soils free, but owing to the frequent fires 

 seedlings are rarely able to develop into trees. 



Second growth. Deficient, owing to the customary fires. 



Undei'growth, Scant, owing to fires and grazing. 



Rate of growth. Medium. 



Water p(/wer. The stream in its lower course is about 20 feet wide and H 

 inches deep, and rapid. * 



Prices of land. Ten dollars per acre would probably buy the best farm in 

 the valley; 50 cents per acre would buy the ridge land. 



PERSIMMON CREEK DISTRICT (rABUN COUNTY, GA.). 



Boimdaries. The divides, including the entire drainage basin of this stream 

 and the laud below it draining into the Tallulah River above Burton. 



Area. Total, 18 square miles; cleared, 2.77 square miles; wooded, 15.23 

 square miles. 



Surface. Hilly to mountainous. 



Soil. Light colored and shallow, except in ravines and coves. 



Humus and Utter. Scant, except in a few damp areas on north slopes. 



Agricultural value. Slight. The ridges are poor, and the lowlands, once 

 fairly fertile, have been cultivated until nearly exhausted. 



Timber trees. Substantially the same as in the Tallulah Valley. 



Yield. Ijog timber, 18,773 M feet B. M.; small wood, 139,395 cords. 



Demand. There is no market for log timber, as it is too far from shipping 

 points. There is no sale for local use, because every resident has timber of his own. 



Accessihility. A fair wagon road leads into this valley from Clayton and from 

 Tallulah Falls. The forest here is not especially difiicult for logging operations. 



Cutting. No cutting has been done, except to supply the local demand for 



buildings and fences. 



Fire. Fires are very frequent and the forest shows their effect in injured 

 butts and deficient young growth. 



Reproduction. Free, except for fires and grazing. 



Second growth. Deficient, owing to the custom of burning the woods 

 frequently. 



Undergrovith. There is veiy little brush and seedlings are few. Seedlings 

 start abundantly, but some reach only 1 foot above the ground before they are 

 killed by fire. 



Rate of growth. Not studied. 



Water povjer. The stream near its mouth is 25 feet wide and about 6 inches 



