LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate. Facing page 



I. Typical Hardwood Forest of Western North Carolina: View from 



Hughes' Ridge, Swain County — Frontispiece 11 



II. Map of Region showing estimated stand per acre and percentage of 



forest land 14 



III. Spruce Forest 19 



A, Mature spruce forest, showing adequate reproduction. 



B, Mature spruce forest, burnt over and destroyed twelve years ago. 



IV. The Lumber Industry 60 



A, Logging white pine and hemlock, Mitchell County. 



B, Binding poplar boards for export, Swain County. 



V. Pulpwood and Tanning Extract Industries 65 



Works of Champion Fibre Co., Canton. 

 VI. Tanning Industry 70 



A, Tannery of Cover & Sons, Andrews. 



B, Unloading bark from cars and storing in shed. 



C, A large crop. Stacking surplus bark in the open. 



VII. Pulpwood and Tanning Extract Industries 76 



A, Spruce pulpwood, from flume to cars. 



B, Chestnut extract wood in yard of Cherokee Tanning Extract Co., 

 Andrews. 



VIII. Reforestation of Abandoned Lands 104 



A, Sugar maple plantation, 8 years old. Buncombe County. 



B, Thrifty growth of balsam plantation, at elevation of 3,800 feet, 



Watauga County. 



