300 



CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



cut-over forest lands lie in the scattered tracts along the Buck- 

 hannon river south of Sago, and in the extreme southern end 

 of the county along the Randolph and Webster lines. The 

 largest areas are in the vicinity of Alton, on both sides of the 

 Buckhannon river, and on the rough lands which slope to the 

 Right and Left Forks of the Little Kanawha river near Cleve- 

 land. The total area of cut-over forest land is about 17,000 

 acres. 



The remaining 190,000 acres, or more, of land in the county 

 is owned by farmers. In Warren and Buckhannon districts 

 in the northern end not less than 85 per cent of the land is 

 cultivated or in grass. In the southern and eastern parts the 

 percentage of cleared land is much lower. The farmers, as a 

 rule, have woodlots that contain some merchantable timber and 

 that are well stocked with a young growth of valuable species 

 of hardwoods. 



WAYNE COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Wajme county, which was formed in 1842 from part of 

 Cabell, is situated in the extreme southwestern part of the state. 

 Its area is 545 square miles or 348,800 acres. 



Topography. 



Lying as it does along the loweir course of the Big Sandy 

 river and for some distance along the Ohio, the county has a 

 low elevation. The low land at the mouth of Big Sandy river 

 lies at about 500 feet being next in elevation above the lowest 

 point in the state at Harpers Ferry. The western half of the 

 county lies below 1,000 feet except an occasional hilltop and 

 crest of ridge. The surface of the eastern part of the county, 

 excepting the channels of larger streams, lies above 1,000 feet. 

 In a few places, as between the Right and Left Forks of Twelve- 

 pole creek and southward from the Right Fork, the ridges 

 reach a height of 1,700 feet. 



The Ohio river which forms the northern boundary line 



