24 THE FORESTS OF TENNESSEE. 



of good timber very scarce in the richer agricultural dis- 

 tricts, but in a few counties as Perry, Wayne, Hickman, 

 and Lawrence lying in the southwestern portion of this 

 civil division of the state, thereis a larger area of virgin 

 forests than is probably found in any other part of the 

 state. Wayne and Hickman Counties have each over 

 200,000 acres attached to the farms, besides an equal area 

 in wild lands or lands belonging to furnace properties 

 and not mentioned in the census returns. Lawrence, 

 Fentress, Humphreys, and Stewart have each between 

 150,000 and 200,000 acres of woodlands attached to farms, 

 besides many large areas of mineral lands covered with 

 a good forest growth. Montgomery, Dickson, Robertson, 

 Davidson, Williamson, Maury, Giles, Sumner, Wilson, 

 Rutherford, Lincoln, Warren, Franklin, and Jackson 

 form another group that constitutes the fairest farming 

 region in the South, presenting a land of freshness, beau- 

 ty, and joyous fecundity, where the landscapes are 

 grand, inspiring, and attractive, and are enlivened and 

 adorned by swelling heights, sparkling streams, and rich 

 verdure, luxuriant crops, tasteful farm-houses, and smi- 

 ling villages a land of high culture and a grand civiliza- 

 tion, whose citizens for more than a century have, by 

 their valor and high intelligence, inscribed their names 

 in imperishable characters upon the keystone of Ameri- 

 can history. These counties have each yet between 100,- 

 000 and 150,000 acres in woodland, some of it still fur- 

 nishing the best poplar, cedar, ash, hickory, beech, ma- 

 ple, oak, and sycamore timber, with here and there some 

 elm, linden, wild cherry, locust, and walnut. Macon, Cof- 

 fee, Putnam, and Cumberland have each the same area of 

 wooded lands attached to farms as the preceding group, 

 but they have also more than an equal area in wild 

 lands. The timber on the wild lands in Macon, Coffee, 

 and Putnam Counties in this group 6onsists mainly of 

 white oak, red oak, poplar, beech, gum, and hickory, 

 while in Cumberland County pine, red oak, and chestnut 

 predominate. 



The remaining counties in Middle Tennessee, with the 

 exception of Van Buren and Trousdale, have between 50 ; - 

 000 and 100,000 acres of woodlands attached to the farms. 



