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well timbered in sugar maple forming what were called the * ' Su- 

 gar Lands." Large areas of red spruce once existed in the 

 county. These lay on the high mountains in the southern part 

 and eastward from Backbone mountain, covering most of the 

 higher land of the eastern half of the county. If we approxi- 

 mate the original stand of all timber at 5,000 feet to the acre 

 the county must have contained almost a billion and a half feet. 

 The principal species of timber trees of Tucker county are given 

 below with percentages to show their relative abundance: 



Hemlock 20 per cent. 



Red Spruce 10 



Yellow Poplar 10 



Sugar Maple 10 " 



Beech ....12 



White Oak ^ 



Red Oak | 



Chestnut Oak ^...15 



Black Oak j 



Scarlet Oak J 



Chestnut 7 



Hickory 3 



Sweet Birch 



Yellow Birch 



White Ash 1 



Black Walnut 1 



Black Cherry 1 



Red Maple 



Black Gum 



Basswood 



Cucumber 



Locust 



Sycamore ) • • • 4 



Sweet Buckeye 



Slippery Elm 



White Walnut 



Black Ash 



Balsam Fir 



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