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CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. — Continued. page. 



The pine-barren regions 24, 34 



Robeson county 34 



Bladen 35 



New Hanover 36 



Cumberland 3(> 



Harnett 36 



Sampson 37 



Richmond ; 37 



Moore 37 



The transition region 24, 38 



Northampton county 38 



Halifax 38 



Nash 39 



Montgomery 39 



Chatham 39 



Wake 39 



Existing supply of timber in eastern North Carolina 40 



Cypress, 40; white cedar (juniper), 40; loblolly pine, 41; savanna 

 pine, 41; short-leaf pine, 41; long-leaf pine, 42; swamp timber, 42. 



Chapter II. — The Waste Lands of Eastern North Carolina 43 



Scarcity of timber in the sand-hill regions 45 



The larger tracts of barren land 45 



Bladen county 45 



Sampson 47 



Cumberland 47 



Harnett '. 48 



Moore 48 



Richmond 49 



Robeson 49 



Brunswick 49 



Columbus 49 



Wayne ■ 49 



Duplin, Onslow, New Hanover 50 



Other eastern counties 50 



The origin of these waste lands 51 



Why long-leaf pine forests are not self-propagating 52 



The seeding of the long-leaf pine 53 



Destruction of the young plants 55 



Enemies of the long-leaf pine 56 



Destructive work by hogs and fires 57 



The ultimate utility of these waste lands 59 



Cost of securing a new forest growth 60 



Necessary protection of young pines against fires and hogs 61 



Forest management in the waste-land regions 63 



The necessity for forests in the future 64 



