. American forestry. Forests and forestry. HARDWOOD FORESTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA 253. Big Quebracho LogS Gathered in "The ; It should be noticed that these logs have had the bark removed, and are serviceable either for tan- ning extract or for sleepers. If logs are felled close to a factory, every particle of the wood may be utilized for the extract. splendid polish. The Argentine rail- way companies, which now finish a considerable proportion of their really fine ordinary, dining and sleeping cars, have found quebracho to have notable advantages over other woods for both
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. HARDWOOD FORESTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA 253. Big Quebracho LogS Gathered in "The ; It should be noticed that these logs have had the bark removed, and are serviceable either for tan- ning extract or for sleepers. If logs are felled close to a factory, every particle of the wood may be utilized for the extract. splendid polish. The Argentine rail- way companies, which now finish a considerable proportion of their really fine ordinary, dining and sleeping cars, have found quebracho to have notable advantages over other woods for both strengthening and decorative purposes. Indeed, a demand for many other kinds of native timber, hitherto scarcely con- sidered for building and cabinet-making, is spreading rapidly. It has been dis- covered that such are more suited to the climate and other conditions of the country than the foreign woods hitherto imported for these ; If Argentina shall awaken to the necessity of soon protecting her splendid northern forests against the ravages of the money-mad corporations, she will place herself among the progressive nations. As the matter stands today, over $10,000,000 worth of quebracho, in logs and extract, is being exported— about $1,000,000 more of timber than of tannin. The logs are used chiefly for railway sleepers, fence posts, paving blocks and fuel, and of late years from sixty to ninety per cent, of the timber exports have gone to the United King- dom. Formerly Germany was the largest market for the extract, but the heavy import duties imposed on it have almost barred it from that country. For some years the United States has been getting about fifty per cent, of the tannin, whose exports amounted to 75,000 tons in 1912. The manufacture of the quebracho tannin is conducted in numerous little factories in the forests of the Chaco region and the adjoining provinces of Santa Fe and Santiago del Estero, and as one ton of extract represents four tons of l
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