The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17

DR.. Charles II. Herty, expert of the
Bureau of Forestry, Department OF
Agriculture, and in charge Of the in
vestigations now being conducted in
the turpentine business, at Ocilla,
reached Savannah yesterday morning
and will remain here until Monday.
DR.. Herty has just left Washington,
where, since Dec. l, he has been pre-
pairing his report on the years work.
This has been completed. is now in
the hands Of the government printers
with orders to rush it to completion,
will be issued, it is expected, within a
very short time. and will be sent out
generally to all naval stores operators.
or producers in the South.
The report, or bulletin, will be hand
somely illustrated with pictures show
ing the various stages and conditions
of the work and will be quite complete
as to figures and tables of COMPARE
sons; in fact will give all possible in
formation that will tend to elucidate
the Herty method of securing the pro-
duct of the pine. One of Prof. Herty's
reasons for his proposed stay in Sa-
vannah is to secure through the courte-
sy of the naval stores factors the
names of as many operators as pos
sible to be sent to Washington for
use in distributing the bulletin.
While here, too, he will be glad
to consult with operators and to OK
plain any details of the new system
that they may wish to know. 1t is
of interest to know, also, that the
Bureau of Forestry offers free in
structions in the putting in of the gut
tiers and cups, the only implements
used or needed for the successful con-
duct of the new method. Monday DR.
Herty will go to Jacksonville where,
also, he will secure lists of opera tors
and hold consultations if desired.
What New Method Is.
The Herty method of securing the
products of the pine are pretty widely
known now, though of very. recent
origin, yet a brief sketch of it to-
gether with some figures showing the
immense saving it makes over the old
system and the other advantages it
offers Will be of decided interest.
With the exception of an earthen
cup, and two strips of galvanized iron
and nail for each tree no further
tools or implements are need for the
operation of the new method than for
using the old: the faces are made in
the same way but instead of ending
in a box at the base of the face a
single cut is made one on each side
of the face and in this is inserted the
strip Of iron, forming cutters sloping
downward toward each other, one
slightly higher than the other empty
ing into the lower and that, in turn,
into the cup which is suspended Just
below its lower end
The advantages claimed for this
method, and they have been shown by
actual use of it, are many, among
them being the total absence of waste,
the Improvement in the grade of the
product during the second, third and
fourth years. Further, by leaving UNI
impaired, the strength of the tree, al
ways affected by boxing, it is in a
healthier condition conducive to
greater flow of sap, and better able to
resist high winds, often most destruc-
tive to trees weakened by boxing. 1t
also protects the tree to a great ex-
tent from the effects of after fires, and.
by offering a smaller face for the sap
to flow over gives smaller opportunity
for evaporation.
How some of these results are ac-
complished is best shown by explaining
some of the details of the method. In
virgin timber for instance, the face is
cut the usual size. but instead of the
box being cut. as in the old way, the
cup is hung and the cutters placed In
position, then the remainder of the
work is carried on as in the old way.
But in securing the second years crop
the cutters are moved up to the base
of the new faces, the cup placed just
below so that the gum still has no fur
Their to flow to reach the receptacle
than it did at the first cut. there is
little evaporation. and the resultant
rosin proves to be water white as in