The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-10
laeER PROFITS IN TBRp TIMING.
Twenty Three Per Cent More
Turpentine by New Method
Of Tapping Trees.
Also Better Grade Of Rosin---Tte New
Cup and Gutter System Taking
Place of Boxing.

Washington, June L-Ihe turpen-
Sine industry is receiving the benefit
81 4 discovery by DR.. Charles Il.
Herty. an expert of the Bureau OF
Fcrestry, the Importance Of which
nav be realized by the enormous gain
in profits It secures for the turpentine
I operator. By new method OF tapping
trees, called the eup-and-gutter sys-
fem DR.. Herty has secured an IN
crease over the old method OF Is per
cent. of turpentine, besides uniformly
hish grades Of rosiI.
The demonstration of this increase IS
hasad on careful and elaborate expert
1 nents conducted by Mr.. Herty at
cecilia, Ga. One-half ef a hrst,
second, third, and a fourth year
crop was managed by the box system,
the other half by the new cup-and-
cutter system. Every effort was maoe
"a have the conditions IN the two
divisions exactly similar and to make
the comparison just one. The IN
creased output of % per cent. secured
81 the cup-and gutter system during
s435e season Of 1902 is guaranteed by
Dr. Herty as being absolutely reliable
ssor The turpentine orchard at Ocilla,
Ga and he believes there IS no reason
ffur not accepting it as representative
The increase that may be secured
hv this system throughout the t1r-
pentine belt.
The experiments of 1902 showed the
faslowing gains of the cup and gutter
ss7er the box system on basis OF one
crop:
.,-e.%, ,ycs<Srs lL.D4
Sacond year. S41.A
Third year, 3l55S
Sourth year. olo. 20
Fo striking and Significant were sne
results of the Ocilla experiments tnas
operators have eagerly
seized upon Che discovery, and ali
over the South the new method is sup
nlanting the old. Or. Herty has been
constantly in the field this spring,
installing the equipment CT the new
sysssm under the direction Of the
Rursau of Forestry. Up to the pre-
sent 345,OW cups have been installed
81 the following operators: Baxter
& Co. Fargo, Ga, 2L000 cups
Florida Tie and Lumber Co., Middle
burr. Fla. q. 600 cups; East Coast Lum-
her Co. Watertown, Fla, 81. 900 cup;
Powell. RuIlard & Co., Ocilla, Ga.
A9 nm cups; E. L. Vickers & Co.,
xGel. Ga, 1900 cupss j. T. Hunt &
So Asburn, Ga, 2l,GO eups; j. G.
idecaskill l. Co., Bainbridge, Ga.
aSom eups; J. II. Tallevast & Bro,
Braidensown, Fla, 10000 cups; D. M.
Daen & Co, Omega, Fla. 10000 cups
a Elarbee & Co., Ehrbee, Fla,
2I. 600 cups; Bay Naval Stores Co.,
Ray St. Louis, Miss, $4,000 cups
as Seasons, Bombay Fla, 0,00
ems: J. s. Coleman, Bonifay, Fla,
5000 caps; johnson: cromarsIe q
Co.. Altoona, Fla. q GOO cups; Nlxen
Lucas. Wedowee, Fla. 2l 900 cups
p & Baker, Campvilie, Fla, 1,0oc
ems. r. B. Lutterloh, Tallahassee,
Ms., LOCO cups; The Ellis Young
C6mpany, Savannah, Ga, 20, GOO cups
j. Fry, Stockton, Ga, Lou cups
~. C. Afford 6 Co., Cottondales Fla.'
5000 cups.
The unbroken forest of iongleaf pine
that once extended from southern Ylr:
siaia through the Soath Atlantic ano
the Calf States to eastern Ie1as MAJ ,s
seen greatly depleted. More than hal
the original forest has been exhaust
and conservative turpentine eperas'