THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND 

 ECONOMIC SURVEY 



JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, State Geologist 



BULLETIN No. 23 



Forest Conditions in Western Nortli Carolina 



J. S. HOLMES 



Forester, North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, and Forest Examiner, 

 U. S. Forest Service 



In Co-operation with the 

 Forest Service, United States Department of A^ricuhure 

 HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 



RALEIGH 



Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, State Printers 

 1911 



