The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06


tree has been back boxod the boxed and
Clipped face is, charred over by the nercest
Kind OF a blaze. hut the tree lives In spite OF
the lows sG2 RS ehsrfed bSa
By back boxing and chipping an orchard. as
years II fire is kept out Of It after the trees
have been back boxed fire after back box
ior orchards have the ground raked over ivory
iall and the stuff gathered in heaps and
As fast as tho barrels are filed with sap they
are placed on wagons and hauled by mules to
the stills. The SAP is o thick but water color
cd fnid. something like syrup made from to
leaves, twies, and dirt from the trees and and
GROUND but 1t Is poured as 1t comes into the
The ordinary turpentine still is big metal
bottle holding twelve barrels. From the neck
Of water about six feet across and six feet
Sb eom the RE s f2nn Sdt It one D sbS h
the ps aP R0s de9 Ta as Il
traves # comes ont turpentne The best
handy by, and the sUrng water is conducted
through a trough to the water tank
brook is damned and an hydraulic iH'' ram
Keeps eS the tank COOL At anothera negro well.
ane s III Two charges
!, When the turpentne has been boiled out Of
the ,5 sap say at aI the end Of 81 hours, the
and liquid rosin. A hole in the side OF the still
Is then opened. and the stun is run through a
pipe and poured red. over coarse wire screen
Inches deep; Some. probably nlne!tenths.
the batting into trough. the rest with
the dirt and chips remain on the screen until
d he Ss to Ct ThSh e the
dump batting and all out OF the screens Be-
side every still can be found tons aud tons OF
the waste OF sap that does not reach the boxes
and Of that that Is airted oyer the ground and
al other wastes put together there is doubt
The, rosin In the trough is dipped into cheap
headed up. and sent to market, The turpen-
tine Is ,shipped In good oak barrels. Both
kbSps OF Ss made by in
One still will handle the, product of thirty
crops-3Q0 900 trees-and will require two mon
ers. That number OF trees would require from
Iorty-tve to sixty hands and five teams Of
mules m to chip. dip and haul the dip to the still.
to the darky's taste. He goes singing and
whoopinE from tree to tree in a way % make
have possum TO roast at his camp fire to help
out the hoe CAKE and bacon is a cold one. in
be had as low as Sc to IS month and board. "n
vast quantities OF round timber land have
changed hands within ten years even at 81, %
an acre. 1t Is now rented to the turpentine
maker at from 81. so to So an acre for the entire
turpentine product. and in such cases tho
the start and not infreQuently cleared out in
four or five years. The owner Is then at liberty
to sell the timber to the lumberman; who is in
turn followed by the tar makers. for taking the
turpentine does not hurt the trees very much
as lumber.
NORTH CAROLINA sAwM1LLs.
The lumbermen are SHINING the State. Be-
nj hn i0h ~ fhn ,kntx, 10,
western end OF the State one may find here
trees indigenous to the Adrondacks as we'll as
nd TIM Se an the
IN the one State, as well as host Of other sorts.
native looks upon 1t as illimitable-not the I'M
IeSrnHq ts mo4n sm Pop Alone but even men
reputation as scientists. speak Of the vast sup
plies. DR.. Smith said that North Carolina CON
tanned tho hard wood with which the world
less reasonable system Of timber culture and
preservation be adopted North Carolina won't
portable saw mill is clearing the State with
portions, while on tide, water the logs are float
schooners carry product to the North.
The lumbergen follow the turpentine men in
They can be found in any direction within a
company alone within year has bought up
lled It In bringing 100000 worth OF saw mills
say twenty ogtlts,to this pa5Et Of the state
Pines will serve for ali the sawmills in this part
Of the State; There was shed about 25xg0 feet,
which, consisted simply Of roof Of boards sup
ported by round tint Der posts. Under this was
40-horse power boiler Of the locomotiv type,
an engine, 9 circular saw, white man, andfour
slabs and showing them Into the, fire box.
Another was tho sawyer ana the others
,elped In handling the les and carrying
oiled the logs from the yard to the mil.
The mill was run from sun 70 sun. with an
um Der was the days product, six days in the
yeek The white ts man hall owner IN Eah In the
;hinery as we'll; and was the sort OF, Yankee
ust in time to prevent It,.
The logs were brought to the mill on a tram |
line rails, sx5, inches large, laid three feet
entlon and the. making Of repairs as soon as
he frat sign OF weakness appeared. the road
'as eqTG to train speed O. SIX miles ID "a
6st KIND p an p engine. The syilndeTs
0 the two little drlyersLwheels about fifteen
aches IN diameter The wheels OF l9con9.
anges. The cars were low. short flats coupled
long distance apart by reach poles instead OF
INKS 80 that the logs could hang over each
nd OF the car. A car would carry from fifteen
. twenty logs very easily. The engineer and
be, firemen were both negroes and both black
nd shining The locomotive WAS kept as clean
3 any freight locomotive on the Pennsylvania.
The tram cost, the proprietor said, $500 n
lille. 1t wound around over the timber land in
way 10 save as much mule labor as possible
skidding the logs There was In addition a
"a mil lOnnmOtIya m
very morning to that point carrying the prevl-
us days product OF $4,000 feet OF lumber.
This outfit. the owner said, was worth S5OOO.
which the engine took $240O. He employed
egroes at Y a month and rations OF z peck
meal and four pounds OF bacon a week. His
llored sawyer a negro OF unusual ability and
laraoter got 81 a week. He was getting about
900 feet OF logs 10 tho acre OF land. and was
lousand feet net profit. He had his family
lere IN the woods, living In rough board
vad IN othar rough hoard RhantieS scattered