Download or read book Chestnut Oak in the Southern Appalachians (Classic Reprint) written by Harold Day Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chestnut Oak in the Southern Appalachians In the' valley counties of Virginia, in Maryland, and in northeast ern West Virginia the chestnut oak is principally small second growth. The bodies of old timber are small, have been heavily culled, or are at a great distance from means of transportation. On account of the strong demand for both bark and small-sized timber in this region Second growth is usually cut as soon as it is large enough to be merchantable. Both lumbering and bark peeling have been im portant industries in this section for many years and the diameter limit of cutting is smaller than elsewhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.