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accessibility, and, although the supply has been greatly eliminished, 
there are still stands of merchantable walnut to be had here. Prob- 
ably the best available supplies in this part of the State are located 
in southeast central Kentucky, in localities far from the railroad, 
whence a haul of 15 to 20 miles or more is necessary. In eastern 
Kentucky, in the territory drained by the Big Sandy River, there is 
a good supply of walnut, but it is difficult to get it out because of 
lack of roads and on account of the roughness of the country. In 
the rugged southeastern part of the State, in fertile, moist valleys, 
there are supplies of good quality. On mining lands in this area, 
which have not been cleared, there is considerable walnut. The cost 
of logging in that kind of country is naturally very high. The low- 
lands of western Kentucky and Tennessee are not so well adapted to 
the growth of walnut, and only small amounts are found there. 
OHIO-INDIANA REGION. 
[Estimated stand, 107 million feet,] 
The Ohio-Indiana region, which now stands third in importance, 
held first rank in lumber production for several years prior to 1914. 
It is remarkable that a region which has yielded so much walnut 
and which is so largely given over to agriculture should still contain 
such large amounts of this timber. 
In Indiana, walnut is quite generally distributed over the entire 
State, but is most plentiful throughout the central portion. It is not 
important in the northwestern part of the State; and in the south- 
ern portion, which is somewhat rugged, it is confined to fertile val- 
leys and slopes. Over a large part of the State, in which there are 
extensive areas of purely agricultural land, walnut trees, as well as 
other timber trees, have largely disappeared, except for a shade 
tree here and there, or a small patch of Avoodland, which the agricul- 
turalist has spared. Along streams and in moist, fertile gullies 
throughout the State walnut is somewhat common. Such trees as 
are found, however, are more often small or otherwise not merchant- 
able. That Indiana for a good many years continuously produced 
large supplies of walnut is accounted for by the fact that the species 
was distributed almost everywhere on good lands. 
In Ohio, walnut is found generally except in the extreme northern 
part. The extreme western part of the State is fairly level and 
unbroken, and is almost entirely agricultural land similar to that 
in central Indiana. In consequence, the walnut and other timber 
has been very largely removed. The central, southern, and eastern 
portions, which are rougher, have the greatest amounts. Of these 
three sections, the central part, being the most settled, has the least. 
Over a large part of the extreme southern portion, the land is not 
