As may be judged from Table 1, the larger 

 part of this forest occupies land too rough for 

 cultivation even in the days of greatest agri- 

 cultural expansion. Adding the 35 acres in mis- 

 cellaneous types, 26 acres of pine plantations, 

 59 acres of old fields, gives a total of 120 acres 

 as the area which has at one time or another 

 been used for farming. In other words not over 

 10% of the area has ever been farmed. 



INVENTORY OF FOREST 



In the summer of 1926 a type map and esti- 

 mate of the tract was made after the completion 

 of the boundary survey. Parallel courses were 

 run across the area from east to west and 69 

 carefully selected plots were laid out. All of 

 the trees five inches and over on these plots 

 which aggregated 30 acres were measured and 



TABLE No. 2 Inventory by Types 



Additional 



Contents in Contents 



Name of Type Board Feet in Cords 



Softwood-Hardwood 920,860 1,221 



Mixed Hardwoods 932,570 5,883 



Oak Ridge 747,483 4,112 



Old Field 9,134 272 



Swamp 13,593 201 



2,623,640 11,689 



Deducting 10% for defects and 



rounding off 263,640 



Total Board Feet 2,360,000 



Adding the equivalent in cords 524 



Total additional cords 12,213 



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