230 THE FORESTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



Locust is found anywhere in the county and in great 

 quantities in some places. Hickory grows promiscu- 

 ously over the county, and it is very fine. Fine pop- 

 lar is found in various parts. Buckeye, beech, birch, 

 dogwood, ash, cucumber and others are found in the 

 county.— W.H. H. H. 



Lincoln. (275 sq. miles.) — Macpelah, Aug. 28, 

 1882. — The timbers of our forests are short-leaf and 

 old-field pine, all oaks of this region, dogwood, hick- 

 ory, poplar, maple, cherry, walnut, beech and birch, 

 linden, elm, ash, chestnut (mostly dead), sour-wood, 

 sassafras. The prevailing growth is a mixture of 

 pine and oak, with hickory in places ; bottoms have 

 poplar and maple. In places, dogwood and sour- 

 wood are largely intermixed with prevailing growth. 

 Two-thirds of the county is in woods; much of it 

 second growth, having been cut for charcoal. Amount 

 of pine lumber for building sufficient for present, but 

 not over-abundant. Shingle timber is already scarce, 

 and oak much used for this purpose. — W. A. G. 



Moore. (825 sq. miles.)— Sanford, Sept. 8, 1882. 

 — The kinds of timber in the forests of this county 

 are as follows : Long and short leaf pine ; white, 

 red, and post oak ; hickory, dogwood, with smaller 

 quantities of juniper and ash. The prevailing growth 

 is long-leaf pine. The wooded acreage is about 50 

 per cent. ; about 40 per cent, long-leaf pine, and 

 about 10 per cent, of all others mentioned above. — 

 J. D. Mel. 



Montgomery. (575 sq. miles.) — Troy, Aug. 30, 



