The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

powers OF the forest are seriously crippled.
Destructive and sho~rt-sighted as this ~practlce is,
II does ~not.con Jtitnte.. the greatcst.immediate
danger TO the existence OF these %pineries. The
maritime pine belt is the principal source OF the
worlds supply OF naval stores. and tho resins
yielded by the lonR-leaved pine are sent all
over the world. Tho naval store industry as II
is practised in the United Slater. however, is
extremely wasteful and extravnRant. AT first
confined almost exclusively to the coast region
OF North Carolina, II has been extended grad
ually southwark as the more northern forests
have become exhausted until IL has now invaded
the whole maritime pine belt. Large wounds are
cut In che trunks OF the trees rear the ground to
secure the flow of resin, and for several years,
or until the. flow ceases to ba profitable, are
made higher and higher up the stems. These
exposed surfaces. coated with the most In
fammable material possible. carr fire from
tho surface of.the ground up into the body of
the tree. and It Is probably on exaggeration to
say that 90 per cent. Of the trees in abandoned
turpentino orchards are sooner or later de-
stroyod By fire.
1t has generally been considered that the box
ing of the trees for.turpentine. as the opera
ton is sailed, Injuries Inequality of the timber,
but the results obtained by n series of tests
instituted by the department for deciding this
point appear to show that this has been a
popular error. and Mr.. Fernow Is satisfied
that bled timber Is us stronE'a as unbled II Of
the samS quality: that the weight and shrink
age of the wood are not affected bv bleeding,
and That bled trees contain practically neither
more nor less resin than unbled trees, the loss
of resin referring only to the sapwood. and
therefore the durability is not affected by the
bleeding process" The whole naval store indus
try, however, is badly regulated, overproduction
"a. A. ,,,.,V ,a..1,, ,Na r-t~ 80
profit which might otherwise DO made from
IL. and evtry dollar which It produces probably
costs the nation one hundred times that sum in
DESTROYED wealth.
One bright spot. however. lightens the
gloomy picture presented by the present
general condition of the maritime pine belt.
DR.. Mohr tells us that lit is a hopeful indica-
ton that the so.called Cuban pine tPfnns hct-
erophBUd) is In n great measure taking possess
sion Of the ground from which the original
growth OF the lonG-lcaved pine has been re
moved, young forests in eve.y stage Of growth
covering tracts Of greater or lesser extent and
promising important supplies of resinous prod
ucts, timber. and fuel"
AS a.timber tree the Cuban pine appears to
be inferior only to the long-leaved pine, fur
n'shing sticks Of large dimensions that are free
of knots, and it now supplies n considerable
her mills of the Atlantic coast, where the
wood of these two trees Is not distinguished.
The Cuban pines abound in resinous matter, and
in view of the rapid destruction of the forests
Of the long-leayed pine. still The principal source
Of resin. the future importance of this second
species in the manufacture Of naval stores be-
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