498 



FOREST RESOURCES OF INDIANA. 



Measuremnits of single trees in the Lower Wabash r«llcy. 



Pecan (Carya olivcrforinu) 



Jilafk OA^ {Qiiercus coecitiea va,r. tinctoria) 20 75 160 



BnTT-oiik (Qnercus macrocarpa) 22 72 165 



White o^k (Quercus alba) 18 60 150 



Pe.T9\mmou (Diot.pyrtis Yir^niana) 5i 80 115 



Bluck. ■wa.\nnt {Juglans nigra) 23 74 155 



Honey Ao cxmt. (Gledi(gchiatricanthos) 18 61 129 



CAt»\'pn (Catalpa bignoiwides) 6 48 101 



Mnlhervy (Moms rubra) ... lOi 20 62 



Scarlet oak (QitfTciis coccmea) 20J 94 181 



Sassafras (Sassafras ojfieinale) 



B'loswooA {Tilia Americana) 17i 50 10!) 



B&U] cypress {Taxodium distichum) 18t 74 146 



Red maple (Acer rMfcrwm) 13 60 103 



9iy ciLmoTO {Platanns oeeidentalis) 33J 68 176 



Tnlip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera) 25 91 190 



White aah (Fraxinus Americana) 17i 90 144 



Cottonv,ood (Populxis monili/era) 22 75 170 



i^weet anm (Liquidambar styracijlua) 17 80 164 



Black hickory (Carya tomento a) lOJ 55 112 



SnsAr ma,ple (Acer sacckarinurn) 12J 60 118 



W&teT oaii (QuerciM pahistris) 12 23 120 



Beech (Fagtis ferrugiiiea) 11 10 122 



(Seventh Report Geological Survey ef Indiana, p. 512.) 



The Geological Reports, prepared under the direction of Prof. E. T. 

 Cox, and direct correspondence, afford local items of information con- 

 cerning the timber of many of the counties of this State which are worthy 

 of notice : 



Brown County: 



This county possesses a lar^^e amount of valuable timber. The poplar and walnut 

 trees, once common in the bottoms and on the loamy hill-tops, have been mostly cut 

 and used, but of white and red oaks the supply is abundant, with a large surplus for 

 export. A large amount of staves and hoop-i)oles are marketed, aftnrding a precarious 

 suppnr*^^ to many. Tan-hark is a large source of revenue. The bark of the " chestnut 

 eak " is found to be of superior quality for tanning, and is largely sought for that 

 purpose. Leather prepared with this bark has taken prizes at Eastern fairs. The 

 bark is sold on the trees at $1 ; cut and piled at $3 to |4, and brings $10 per cord at the 

 railroad station in Columbus. Annual product, '20, 000 cords. This species of oak grows 

 only on the rich brown loam of the highest hills, does not survive in the valleys, and 

 with the present wasteful consumption will soon cease to exist. — (Sixth Annual Report 

 of Geological Surrey, 1874, p. 105.) 



Clay County: 



On the upland the principal growth of timber is white, red, and black oaks, smooth, 

 shell- bark, and mocker hickory, some ash, sugar-tree, and beech ; on the bottoms, white, 

 water, and burr oaks, gray ash, shell-bark hickory, red-bud, sassafras, dogwood, and 

 pawpaw ; along the streams, sycamore and Cottonwood, and on the higher banks large 

 black walnuts, three to five feet in diameter, and large burr oaks. There are at least 

 five saw-mills on Eel River, in this county, cutting walnut lumber. — (First Report, 

 1869, p. 85.) 



Franklin County : 



This county was originally covered with a magnificent forest, comprising iriost 

 of the hard-timber trees co'nmon to the latitude. A little more than one-half of tlie 

 lands have been cleared and are now under cultivation, and in the remaining half a 

 large amount of the best timber has been sawed into lumber or made into staves, so 

 that good limber in the county is comparaiivcty scarce, and is becoming more so every 

 day. The principal timber trees are: 



