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It reaches its perfection on the flat land with moist, sandy or clay soil.  A great part of the best timber has been cut along the R.R. & big sawmills are located at almost every station.  Only in reserve spots has it been kept untouched.  Generally it is all cut including the small trees for ties then the ground burned over.  Some has been cleared & cultivated but not much & the soil is poor generally where the timber is good.

Near Rockland the country becomes hilly with much rock cropping out, apparently lime.  There are numerous springs & clear creeks & grassy runs.  There are open grassy slopes and thickets & bottomland forest & a variety of trees & shrubs - mixed in places with the long leaved pines or alternating with it.  This kind of country continues to Warren & is worth working.

Transcription Notes:
Unsure of the word after "small trees for" [[ti?]]. Later transcriber: the word is "ties". Railroads often used local timber to make ties, especially when laying long sections of track through a new area. Depending on the quality of the local timber, the ties might have to be replaced within a few years but the practice allowed for quick construction of new lines.