70 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



surface is highly cultivated. The slopes in the valley show 

 considerable erosion from water, and it would seem that the 

 steeper ones might well be reforested, but, as a whole the 

 country is too fertile to be kept in forest. 



Schooley's mountain is crossed bj^ the moraine from Drakes- 

 ville by the north end of Budd's lake to a point about one 

 mile north of Hackettstown, and this northern drift-covered 

 portion presents a marked contrast to that south of the 

 moraine. It is not only more generally forested but its 

 clearings are neglected, buildings and fences are falling down, 

 aiid it is deteriorating into a wilderness, whereas, just southwest 

 the clearings are in a high state of cultivation. The timber 

 over this drift-covered area is generally from 6 to 12 inches in 

 diameter, with some better, ranging from 8 to 24 inches in 

 diameter and 30 to 55 feet high, but there is also a considerable 

 proportion of small and inferior growth. There appears to have 

 been a good deal of cutting done 10 or 15 years ago, but not so 

 much recently. The timber is mainly chestnut and oak, but 

 includes a wide range of other varieties. In the swamp west of 

 Budd's lake there are a few tamaracks. 



Southwest of the moraine line about 50 per cent, of the sur- 

 face of the mountain, including the more level portions, is 

 cleared and well cultivated. North of Drakestown the timber 

 ranges from 6 to 16 inches in diameter and 30 to 50 feet high, 

 and from Drakestown to Schooley's Mountain springs, from 6 to 

 24 inches in diameter and 20 to 55 feet high, but about half of 

 this has been cut within 10 years, although there remains some 

 very good timber. Around Mount Olive the growth varies from 

 8 to 20 inches in diameter and 30 to 55 feet in height, but there 

 is some smaller growth interspersed. Along the east face of the 

 mountain it runs from about 6 to 14 inches in diameter and 25 

 to 45 feet high, and there is a little cutting at present, while 

 considerable has been cut from 5 to 10 3'ears ago. There is not 

 a great deal left here which is large enough for profitable cutting. 

 Along the western slope, from Beattystown to Pennville, the 

 timber is good, ranging from 6 to 16 inches in diameter and 30 

 to 55 feet high, some of which has been, and is now being cut. 

 It is principally chestnut and oak, mixed with other deciduous 

 trees. From Pennville to Changewater the growth is quite 



