. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Courtesy The Soutlicrn Pine Association. LOXGLEAF PINE BOARDS Immense quantities of Longleaf pine are made into flooring, and manu- facturers of window and door frames and of sash and doors draw supplies of raw material liberally from this source. It finds place as finish for kitchens, halls, libraries and sleeping apartments and is made into stairs, railing, molding, spindles, balusters and newel posts and also for the manufacture of furniture, cabinets and wardrobes. wick, Jacksom-ille, Pensacola, Mobile, Gulfport and Xt;\v Orleans, all figure as tr
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Courtesy The Soutlicrn Pine Association. LOXGLEAF PINE BOARDS Immense quantities of Longleaf pine are made into flooring, and manu- facturers of window and door frames and of sash and doors draw supplies of raw material liberally from this source. It finds place as finish for kitchens, halls, libraries and sleeping apartments and is made into stairs, railing, molding, spindles, balusters and newel posts and also for the manufacture of furniture, cabinets and wardrobes. wick, Jacksom-ille, Pensacola, Mobile, Gulfport and Xt;\v Orleans, all figure as trade and export centers. According to the l"3th and l^ith Censtises, the value of the naval stores produced in the different Slates in round numbers was as follows: 11)10 ) $1-2,00(),0(JO $(!,500,000 Georgia 8,000,000 Alabama ?.',.">o(i.(mi(i 3,000,0(10 Mississippi l,.")0O,00ti 1 ,."iOO,(iOO Louisiana 1, .'10,0110 1,000,OOo North Carolina ::)0,000 1,000,00(1 South Carolina 9:>(i,000 750,000 2( The value of the naval >tores production for a serie^^- of years as taken from the Census reports is as 1S4I1 $ 2,855,057 185!) (;,468,3(;0 ISCI) ,3,585,369 is;II ,3(i9 18,S!I .S,077,37!) 18!)9 20,344,888 1909 25,295,017 In 1!)09 the total jiroduction was 289,888,954 gallons of turpentine, \ alued at $12,(;54,288, and 3,2(13,857 barrels of resin valued at $12,576,731. About 50 per cent of the crop was exported. The amount of naval stores pro- duced from other .American trees is insignificant. WOOD TAK AS A 'CT ^\'ood tar is produced from pine wood. The original process was very primitive. Dry wood, often roots, slumps and logging waste was piled in a pit which had an underground opening. The pile was covered and fired in the same manner as a charcoal pit, and as com- liustion ])roceeded the tar flowed into the underground opening and was collected in barrels. Pitch is obtained by boiling down o
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