. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 902 AMERICAN FORESTRY. Coiirtesv Soiithcni Pine Association. BOX SHOCKS MADE FROM TIIK TRnnriNGS 01" ; PINl- luilding material. and easily split. it occurs, it was long alnKjst the only Its long clear trunks, straight grained rendered it a favorite with the man who hewed out timber and "boards" with a br(.)ad ax. As a fence wood, it ri\'aled the popularity of chestnut in other sections. K'ails and posts made from it were not only easily split, hut were very lasting. For posts, the "fat" \nr\c was used. The butts
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 902 AMERICAN FORESTRY. Coiirtesv Soiithcni Pine Association. BOX SHOCKS MADE FROM TIIK TRnnriNGS 01" ; PINl- luilding material. and easily split. it occurs, it was long alnKjst the only Its long clear trunks, straight grained rendered it a favorite with the man who hewed out timber and "boards" with a br(.)ad ax. As a fence wood, it ri\'aled the popularity of chestnut in other sections. K'ails and posts made from it were not only easily split, hut were very lasting. For posts, the "fat" \nr\c was used. The butts of fire scarred or turix-ntined trees ac- cumulate an excess of resin which renders them \ery durable. Such pieces are called fat. and are sought after for ])ositiiins in contact with the sdil. These fat pieces are also known as lightwood. and will burn at the touch of a match. They are collected and sold as kindling ma- terial in Si>uthern cities. Even before the Revolution longleaf was exported. Tlie first shipments were made to Cuba, the \\'est Indies. Mexico and Central America, where it outlasted the native timbers. It early figured as a shipbuilding timber, and exports for this purpose were made to Kngland in pre-Revolutionarv days. Because of its weight, it could not compete with white pine in supplying the largest sized masts, but masts for smaller vessels, as well as yard arms, booms and bowsprits for larger ones were made from it. Writing in ]810, Michaux says that longleaf from North Carolina and Georgia commanded '2'i to :iii ]ier cen; higher ]>rices in luigland than any other pine from the United States. After the Revolution exports continued to increase, and b\- the outbreak of the Ci\ il War. it hail secured such a firm foothold for general construction purposes in the English market as to drive out the pine imported from Scandinavia and northern Russia. The early exports for lumljer were mostly in the foni of "squares" rough hewn by hand, and ha
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