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extent do occur iiearly every year. As a rule, little timber is 

 injured, though sometimes a good deal of cedar is killed. The 

 chief damage, however, is to the young pine growth, w^hich ought 

 to be encouraged, not only in the pine type, but even more so 

 in the hardwoods. In cutting timber, owners should endeavor 

 to leave seed trees of pine, in order to increase the percentage 

 of pine in the next crop. The spread of the loblolly pine should 

 be assisted in every way possible, while, in the northeastern part 

 of the county, the scrub pine should be cut in order to give the 

 other species an opportunity to fill up the ground. At the pres- 

 ent rate of cutting' the old growth timber will soon be gone and 

 the pine, because of its rapid growth, must be the main de- 

 pendence for the future. 

 Chapel Hill, N. C. 



