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post, black and red oaks, hickory, popL^r, pine, ash, 

 gum, wahiut, chestnut, dogwood, persimmon, etc. 

 The prevailing growth is oak and short-leaf pine. 

 The wooded acreage is about one-third — covered with 

 oak and short-leaf pine. — G. W. J. 



Davidson. (600 sq. miles.) — Lexington, Sept. 30, 

 1882. — We have in our forests oaks, pine, persim- 

 mon, walnut, and all the hard woods. The oaks pre- 

 dominate, though pine is very abundant. Two 

 thirds of the county in woodland. — J. H. W. 



Duplin. (725 sq. miles.)— Faison, Sept. 2T, 1882. 

 — We have very little long-leaf pine left in the upper 

 section of the county ; steam mills and forest fires 

 have thinned it out. In a few years we can with 

 much difficulty get timber enough to keep up fences 

 and furnish firewood. Ours is the cotton section of 

 the county. There is a good deal of timber in the 

 lower part of the county away from the railroad. 

 We have quite a number of large swamps in the 

 county, well timbered with short-leaf pine, ash, pop- 

 lar, maple, cypress, etc., — by estimation over 55,000 

 acres of good unimproved swamp land. Since the 

 long-leaf pine has been used and burnt, the forest is 

 covered with short-leaf pine, small oaks, and black 

 jack.— W. E. 11. 



Edgecombe. (500 sq. miles.)— Old Sparta, Aug. 

 22, 1882. — Our forests are of long-leaf pine and 

 cypress, the former largely predominating. Probably 

 fifty per cent, of the land is in woods, but generally 

 poorly timbered ; yet there is a sufficiency of both 



