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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



that are now running in the county should remain in full 

 operation for 7 years, and should cut all their timber from 

 lands within the county and not from Webster, Greenbrier and 

 Pocahontas, there would not be a timber tree standing in the 

 year 1917. 



Present Forest Conditions. 



The 130,000 acres of virgin forest that still remain in the 

 county lies principally in large boundaries to the southeast of 

 the Gauley river and in the northern end of the county. A 

 few smaller tracts are to be found in other sections. There are 

 approximately 112,000 acres of cut-over forest land, the largest 

 body of which lies on the waters of Cherry river in the eastern 

 end. Other large areas are to be found along the western bor- 

 der and smaller areas on the north and south. As a whole the 

 forests lie east of the Gauley river and in a broad belt along 

 the western side with a large area of farm land lying between 

 on the west of Gauley river. 



About 70 per cent of the county is wooded. This includes, 

 in addition to the areas of virgin and cut-over forests, about 

 50,000 acres of woodland owned in small boundaries by the 

 farmers. As a rule the farmers' woodlots contain some fairly 

 good timber. 



OHIO COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Ohio county, situated in the middle of the Northern Pan- 

 handle, is one of the oldest counties of the State, being formed 

 from the ''District of West Augusta" in 1776. Its area, as 

 determined by recent careful calculation, is 111 square miles 

 or 71,040 acres. 



Topography. 



The county is everywhere hilly except the small areas of 

 level bottom land along the Ohio river and Wheeling creek. 

 For the most part, the hills are low and are smooth, enough to 



