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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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  • 10 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Plate XXV. Water-power development and cotton mills at Columbus, Ga.. 30 XXVI. (a) Water power at Pelzer, S. 0. (b) Water power at Columbia, S. C 30 XXVII. Cascades near head of Catawba River 30 XXVIII. Tallulah Falls, Georgia 30 XXIX. Forest-covered slopes of Linville Gorge 32 XXX. Forest regulating the flow of streams 32 XXXI. (a) A spring on southern slope of Mount Mitchell, (b) A mountain brook 32 XXXII. (a) Landslide stopped by the forest, north slope of Roan Mountain, (b) Small landslide at a spot where no large trees were growing 32 XXXIII. Large tree growing in mountain ravine 34 XXXIV. Flood damages on Catawba River : (a) Soil removed and white sand spread over the surface, (b) Layer of sand spread over the soil by a flood 34 XXXV. (a) Flood damages in West Virginia, (b) Debris from floods on Nolichucky River, East Tennessee 34 XXXVI. (a) Flood damages to railway on Doe River, Tennessee, (b) Flood damages to railway on Nolichucky River, East Tennessee 34 XXXVII. Original forest, northwest slope of the Great Smoky Mountains 46 XXXVIII. (a) Slightly culled mixed forest, (b) White pine forest excessively culled 16 XXXIX. (a) Wagon loaded with logs en route for the sawmill, (b) Wagon loaded with lumber en route for the railway station. 48 XL. Spruce forest near summit of White Top, Virginia 48 XLI. Forests on the southern slopes of the Blue Ridge, about Mount Toxaway 52 XLII. Forests on the walls of Nantahala Gorge 52 XLIII. Forests about the southeastern slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains, between cross ridges 52 XLIV. Big chestnut trees, from the base of the Great Smoky Mountains 54 XLV. Forests on the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains, Table Rock, South Carolina 54 XLVI. Damages from forest fires in killing trees and undergrowth 56 XLVII. Damages from forest fires: (a) Injured base of pine tree. (b) Sprouts from base of a fire-killed oak 56 XLVIII. (a) Granite knob from which the forest, and later the soil, has been removed, (b) Humus and undergrowth destroyed by fire; soil washed from rock by rain 56 XLIX. (a) Destruction of forest on mountain ridges for pasturing purposes, (b) Corn planted between girdled trees on the mountain ridges 56 L. (a) Mill in the mountains; waste in sawing, (b) Tops left among the trees in logging 62 LI. (a) Sawing large timber at a small mill in the woods, (b) Binding poplar lumber for export 62 LIT.. Timber which should have been culled long ago 64 LIII. Forest destruction along the snaking trail 64
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