IB. TENNESSEE VALLEY. 45 



does not seem to be indigenous in any other part of the 

 state, though it grows along roadsides, in pastures, etc., 

 in several other regions. 



This is one of the few divisions of Alabama which has 

 no long-leaf pine and apparently no species of Magnolia. 

 Evergreens are scarcer here than in any other region, 

 with one exception, having constituted only about 16% 

 of the original forests if the above figures are correct. 

 Most of the evergreens are of a single species, the cedar, 

 which although it is being cut more than any other tree 

 in the region, is relatively more abundant now than it 

 was originally, because it is chiefly confined to rocky 

 slopes unsuited to agriculture. (The vast forests which 

 have disappeared from the more level and easily tilled 

 areas presumably consisted almost entirely of deciduous 

 trees.) 



Population, percentage of woodland, etc. — In 1910 the 

 density of population in the Tennessee vallej^ proper was 

 about 53 persons to the square mile, an increase of 11% 

 since 1900. This comparatively small increase is char- 

 acteristic of many other parts of the United States where 

 agriculture is the dominant industry and where the den- 

 sity of population has already passed 40 per square 

 mile. About two-thirds of the inhabitants are white. 

 Probably not more than 40% of the area is at present 

 wooded, and the remaining forest is chiefly confined to 

 rocky slopes and wet bottoms, which would be difficult 

 to cultivate. There is little or no free range for cattle. 



Forest products. — The Tennessee valley is pre-emi- 

 nently the hardwood region of the state (as already indi- 

 cated by the small percentage of evergreens), and it still 

 supports a great variety of wood-manufacturing indus- 

 tries. About 10% of the manufacturers listed by Harris 

 and Maxwell in their paper on the wood-using industries 

 of Alabama are located in this region. The principal 

 forest products, in approximate order of total value, 

 seem to be as follows: 



Cedar posts, poles, and pencil-wood. 



Cooperage stock of various kinds, both tight and slack. 



Cross-ties from various species of oak. 



Crates and baskets. 



