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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Plate I. (a) Land erosion on the cleared slopes of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, (b) Flood destruction of an Appalachian mountain valley 14 II. Relief map of the United States, showing location of the national forest reserves 14 III. (a) Valley of Virginia, (b) Piedmont Plateau in Virginia 16 IV. Relief map of the Southern Appalachian region, showing the dis tribution of the mountains 16 V. Doe River Gorge, Tennessee 18 VI. Panorama from Grandfather Mountain, typical of Appalachian Mountains 18 VII. Grandfather Mountain, showing sharp, rugged peak surrounded by hard-wood forests 20 VIII. (a) Bald of Big Yellow Mountain, (b) Welchs Bald in the Great Smoky Mountains 20 IX. (a) The southern end of the Appalachian Mountains near Car- tersville, Ga. (b) A mountain valley, northern Georgia 22 X. Csesars Head, South Carolina 22 XI. Whiteside Mountain, southeast profile 22 XII. Map of the Southern Appalachian region, showing forest area under consideration and hydrographic gaging stations 24 XIII. An original Appalachian Mountain forest 24 XIV. Mixed hard-wood and pine forest 24 XV. Spruce forests at high elevations 24 XVI. The tops of the Black Mountains (colored) 26 XVII. Panorama showing the unbroken forest of the Great Smoky Mountains 26 XVIII. Forest clearings for farming on the Southern Appalachian Mountains 26 XIX. Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga 26 XX. (a) Newly cleared mountain field planted in corn, (b) Recently cleared field impoverished and abandoned 26 XXI. (a) Badly washed mountain field, (b) Mountain field completely ruined 28 XXII. (a) Washing of grass-covered soil, top of Roan Mountain. (b) Washing of abandoned pasture field 28 XXIII. (a) Unwashed valley lands surrounded by forest-covered moun tains, (b) Badly washed mountain valley lands 28 XXIV. (a) Valley lands badly washed by recent floods and abandoned. (b) Valley lands completely ruined by floods 28 9
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