Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1881-08-24

ried from Chicago can now be bought
from five to six dollars per acre. In
fact we know of a tract of $4,000
acres. of which 1000 taken at ran
dom have been measured by Mich>
igan expert, and found to contain
100000 feet of pine, and an equal
quantity of poplar, besides large
quantities of ash andSoak that is Of
fered for sale now at So per acre. In
lies along the two sides of g. thorough
railroad, which takes freight az tWen>
ty-two cents per hundred to Norfolk.
Va, and thirty cents Chicago rates)
to New York. In it lis fortune to
some enterprising lumberman who
knows how to develop it. We have
not dollar of interest in the pros
perty. but mention it to answer ONE
of the many inquiries that have re.
Gently come to us.
BLACK WALNUT.
There is probably twice as much
of this timber still standing in this
State as can now be found in Ohio
and Indiana. but it is fast disappear
ing before the active demand which
stimulates the axe of the wood cutter.
1t does not grow in large bodies, like
the oak and poplar, but is difiused
pretty generally over all tie rich
soils of the State. and seldom yields
more than one or two trees to the
acre. Sometimes, however, small
groves of it are found in fertile coves
or on the upper benches Of the noun
tains, but in such localities it is gen,
orally difficult of access, and costs
about as much to get it out as it will
bring when hewn for market and
loaded on railway. Though it
commands a high price, it is miss
take TO suppose there is a fortune in
this timber. The cutting of oak and
ash and poplar, which grows in
dense forests and within easy reach
of localities where passable Chris
t;ap may safely make his habitatlon
is, in the long run, far more profta>
BILE.
We might fill our space with bare
catalogue Of the trees of Tennessee,
for to it has been given "every green
herb bearing seed that grows upon
the face of the earth.' Consumed
in firewood or built in rail fences,
many of its choicest woods are now
going to waste, nor will this waste
stop till the Michigan missionary
comes among its native vandals
with axe in his hands and portable
saw mill slang over his shoulder.
But, before we close, in seems nec-
assary to allude to the white ald yell
low pine of this section.
THE WHITE PINE (Pinus Strobus).
1t is the universal impression that
no white pine grows in this State, but
that only shows the almost universal
ignorance prevailing in regard to this
region. At attitudes two thousand
feet or more above the sea it grows
here in abundance, often attaining a
height of 120 feet, and standing from
twelve to eighteen thousand feet up>
on an acre. The wood is not SO
light, nor fine grained, as the cork
pine of Michigan, but it is fully
equal, in size ana quality, to the
white pine of the Susquehannah re-
gion of Pennsylvania. If is in fact,
the same tree as this last, for though
growing further South 1t has its home
upon similar soil, and owing to a
higher altitude in similar northern
climate. 1t is not generally dlffused
but confined to the colder parts of
tue State-the Cumberland plateau
and the high ridges of the Unaka
and Allegheny mountains. Here,
with the ash, oak, and
poplar. 1t grows of sufficient height
to produce four, and often six. six
teen feet logs to tree. The knots
are smaller than those of the Michi-
gan timber, the sap generally thin,
and as far as has been tested by
saving, it has yielded from ten to
fifteen per cent. uppers. The quail:
ty of this timber that is standing
here is difficult to estimate, for the
"Iand locker" Is rs yet
d i'drd dUis in Tennessee. However,
a native once assured US that Ten~
nesseean could guess about as near as
a Michigan Yankee could measure,
and hence we may venture the opin-
on that there is about as much of
this timber now standing in this sec
ton as is left in all Michigan.
THE YELLOW PINE.
of Tennessee is ALI inferior wood of
the yellow pine of the States farther
soath. 1t grows almost exclusively
on the ridges and mountains, and on
poor sandstone soils that will pros
duce scarcely any other vegetation.
it attains q height of sixty
or seventy feet. and q diameter OF
two to four feet. 1t is the pauper of
the forest, and the man whose wealth
is invested in 1T might as well speak
for apartments in some well conduct
ed poor house.
PRICES OF LAND.
Land we'll located and bearing an
acreage of from ten to fifteen thous-
and feet of such timber as we have
described can now be bought in Ten-
nessee for from four to six dollars
per acre, and recessible standing
timber for stumpage of from $l.50
to So per thousand feet. This is for
lands with good titles.
In the brief space allotted us we
have been able to merely glance at
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