in the Mountains. In view of the long active gain of new- 

 woods over new clearing, and the steady purchase of land 

 for public forests, it is highly probable that the Mountains 

 will have additional forest acreage in the future. 



COUNTY STATISTICS: UTILIZATION OF 

 NON-FOREST LAND 



Table 2 contains estimates of the various non-forest uses 

 of land. The agricultural land information was available 

 from three main sources: the N. C. Crop Reporting Ser- 

 vice (N. C. Department of Agriculture) , the Agricultural 

 Adjustment Administration (USDA), and the 1940 Cen- 

 sus. The first two are conceded to be more reliable than 

 the third for this particular information, and they offer 

 more recent data. 



N. C. Crop Reporting Service figures for 1944 are pre- 

 sented here because they include estimates of idle land, 

 which AAA does not. 



COUNTY STATISTICS: OWNERSHIP OF 

 FOREST LAND 



County Table 3 and state summary Table 4 illustrate 

 the breakdown of forest land ownership. Several categories 

 could not be completely analyzed by counties, but their 

 identity is made known in the footnotes. Ownership fig- 

 ures do not remain static as forest lands are always chang- 

 ing hands. 



Public forest reserves are represented by National and 

 State Park lands upon which no timber cutting is con- 

 templated. An additional 44,000 acres in Swain County 

 will soon be added to the Great Smoky Mountains National 

 Park. 



National Forest ownership is concentrated in the Moun- 

 tain region. It can be expected that further land purchases 

 will be made. National Forests are already established in 

 the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. Expansion is possible in 

 the coastal section, but doubtful in the Piedmont due to 

 the lack of large unpopulated areas. 



COUNTY STATISTICS: 



Table 2c 

 LAND USE OF NON-FOREST AREA 



(ACRES) 

 PIEDMONT 



County Non-Forest Area Cultivated Idle Pasture Highway Other 



Alamance 153,324 85,887 21,801 20,061 3,883 21,692 



Alexander 84,084 44,882 10,864 13,456 2,176 12,706 



Anson 156,915 92,374 14,350 7,448 3,616 39,127 



Cabarrus 144,230 82,669 13,764 12,070 3,210 32,517 



Caswell 125,558 68,157 27,444 14,752 2,571 12,634 



Catawba 153,306 84,374 18,798 19,019 3,309 27,806 



Chatham 173,752 75,700 21,218 19,912 4,159 52,763 



Cleveland 198,926 142,620 12,761 16,116 4,681 22,748 



Davidson . . .': 188,687 97,303 24,637 19,234 5,046 42,466 



Davie 115,400 53,424 10,619 14,346 2,041 34,970 



Durham 72,525 30,731 11,770 4,667 2,756 22,601 



Forsyth 173,670 75,733 24,216 14,008 4,359 55,354 



Franklin 168,512 94,732 17,364 7,898 3,301 45,217 



Gaston 143,887 64,578 15,205 11,661 3,191 49,252 



Granville 145,263 74,560 15,884 14,899 3,275 36,645 



Guilford 236,235 109,591 30,795 24,646 6,313 64,887 



Iredell 242,830 139,286 23,342 32,290 5,386 42,526 



Lincoln 131,479 74,245 11,793 12,702 2,606 30,133 



Mecklenberg 196,334 96,536 21,049 24,876 4,511 49,362 



Montgomery 91,197 38,235 9,827 3,155 2,600 37,380 



Orange 102,397 51,318 15,017 12,718 3,099 20,246 



Person 112,640 71,898 8,872 9,910 2,661 19,299 



Polk 64,097 24,482 6,171 6,120 1,816 25,508 



Randolph 209,157 113,087 38,330 24,001 5,937 27,802 



Rockingham 199,880 93,208 19,889 23,824 4,398 58,561 



Rowan 244,190 116,177 15,751 17,744 4,273 90,245 



Rutherford 180,396 87,134 23,463 16,253 4,328 49,218 



Stanly 134,830 93,630 7,938 11,248 3,449 18,565 



Stokes 149,230 62,900 19,446 18,443 4,084 44,357 



Surry 164,623 83,565 14,515 26,215 3,875 36,453 



Union 284,772 154,852 15,538 29,840 5,369 79,173 



Vance 103,640 47,969 6,165 4,259 1,668 43,579 



Wake ... 244,420 134,351 26,708 15,248 6,696 61,417 



Warren 129,300 71,043 11,833 10,630 2,543 33,251 



Yadkin 120,278 72,572 12,093 16,353 2/700 17,560 



Regional Totals 5,539,964 2,903,803 599,230 550,022 129,886 1,358,020 



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