. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE NAVAL STORES INDUSTRY. 41 for the most part held by large lumber syndicates, which usually are unwilling to permit turpentine operations. A few of the holding companies are beginning to permit turpentining, either carrying on the operations themselves or leasing the privileges to large naval stores companies. In Florida the small operator has more oppor-. L-= tunity, since much of the timber is at present in the hands of turpen- tine men. Figure 8 * shows the distribution of longleaf pine. The various styles of cro
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE NAVAL STORES INDUSTRY. 41 for the most part held by large lumber syndicates, which usually are unwilling to permit turpentine operations. A few of the holding companies are beginning to permit turpentining, either carrying on the operations themselves or leasing the privileges to large naval stores companies. In Florida the small operator has more oppor-. L-= tunity, since much of the timber is at present in the hands of turpen- tine men. Figure 8 * shows the distribution of longleaf pine. The various styles of crosshatching denote the estimated number of years (from 1909) for which virgin timber will be available for turpentine opera- 1 Taken from unpublished report, "Investigation of the Naval Stores Industry," by A. L. Brower and J. D. La Fontissee (1909).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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