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the silky timbsr beetles and the fungi have been at work con- 

 tinuously; and the Chestnut is worth, today, three dollars; instead 

 of being worth thirty dollars! 



Tip 



*| CO ^^ *^'^ station, a squatter named Deaver 

 mU \JU ^^^ ^ potato patch and a cabin in 1850. 

 After the Civil War, the patch grew up 

 in Yellow Poplar. 



This is the finest stand of second growth on Vanderbilt's 

 domain; the trees are tall, straight and free from branches. 



There are 370 trees to the acre, 48 years old on an average. 

 The trees are too small for logging; as pulpwood or as match 

 stock, they have a value of 25 cents apiece, approximately. 



Do not call me a liar! 

 Call me a poet when I indulge in fiction! 



Tip 



k| AM The "Ed Smith cutting" was cleared of 



NO. bU Cliestnut (40 cords per acre) ia 1901-1902; 

 was logged for Poplar and Oak in 1898 

 and in 1906; and has seeded itself in Ash, Poplar, Hickory, 

 Locust and Oak, spontaneously, ever since. 



The bulk of the second growth C3nsists of the sprouts of 

 Chestnut and of Silverbell. 



I have labelled, for your benefit, 



the White Ash, by white labels; 



the Black Locust, by blue labels ; 

 the Yellow Poplar, by yellow labels ; 

 the Hickory, by red labels; 



the Oak, by green labels. 



Mind you, Johnny! Nowhere in Pisgah Forest have there 

 been made any investments in sylviculture; the second growth 

 is spontaneous altogether. 



We protect it from fires; that's all. 



A few Poplars, Ashes and Locusts have been left as "stan- 

 dards." 



