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and short-leaf pine, cypress, oak, maple, ash and 

 hickory. The prevailing growth is long and short- 

 leaf pine, and the different varieties of oak. The 

 wooded acreage is about two-thirds of the county, 

 say about 270,000 acres, covered with every variety 

 of pine, oak, maple, cypress, ash and dogwood. The 

 number of acres in original forest growth of the dif- 

 ferent varieties of timber is believed to be about one- 

 fifth or one-sixth of the wooded acreage. — R. H. S. 



Harnett. (550 sq. miles.) — Lillington, Oct. 10, 

 1882. — Long-leaf pine is the principal growth of our 

 forests. We have some oak and hickory ; very little 

 walnut. On the west side of the county there are 

 40,000 acres (in large tracts) of large, merchantable 

 pine, what we call " ship timber." At present it is 

 not near enough the railroad to be very profitable, 

 but the proposed road from Goldsboro to Salisbury 

 will make it so. Besides this, we have 100,000 acres 

 of pine suitable for saw mills. — B. F. S. 



Henderson. (375 sq. miles.) — Edneyville, Sept. 

 15, 1882. — I send you a statement of the timber in 

 this county. Common pine, white and spruce pine, 

 oak, walnut, hickory, ash, chestnut, poplar, beech and 

 locust. These timbers are all fine, large and tall. 

 There has been in the last six months a large amount 

 of locust pins shipped from this county and they are 

 still shipping them. — R. E. 



Haywood. (750 sq. miles.) — Waynesville, Aug. 

 28, 1882. — We have an abundance of the following 

 timbers : Black walnut, white oak, red and black oak, 



