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oak will be sent to the Chattanooga tannery, the 

 hickory will be turned into spokes and tool handles, 

 and the poplar sawed into planks. At jDresent prices, 

 and Avith the certainty of an early demand, no more 

 profitable investment offers for idle capital than the 

 forest land contiguous to these railroads in Swain 

 and Cherokee counties. I have not seen a tract on 

 the line indicated that will not be worth at least 

 double its cost within the next two years, and many 

 of them will bring a much higher percentage, because 

 of their location and their adaptation to tillage.— 

 Mn.F AV.DBB,UcUtorMio Haven CCo7m.-) Palladium, 



Mitchell. (250 sq. miles.)— Bakersville, Sept. 

 8, 1882.— We have in this county the following kinds 

 of timber of importance : White oak, walnut, poplar, 

 asli, hickory, cherry and white pine. The latter ex- 

 clusively in the eastern part of the county. The 

 greater part of the county is timber land. The acre- 

 age of the different kinds would be in about the fol- 

 lowing order; first, white oak; second, white pine; 

 third, poplar ; fourth, ash ; fifth, liickory : sixth, wal- 

 nut; seventh, cherry. — J. W. B. 



Nash. (525 sq. miles.)— Nash County, Sept. 11, 

 1882.— Northern and western portions of Nash : black, 

 post, Spanish and white oaks, short-leaf pine. East- 

 ern and Southern parts: long-leaf pine. Low lands : 

 cypress, gum, poplar and maple — undergrowth, dog- 

 wood, principally. I have no means to ascertain the 

 wooded acreage. It is very different in different por^ 

 tions. Generally about one-fourth to one-half under 



