Gainesville daily sun., 1906-02-01
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The recent expesimente os che Yer
ess Sesvies, deslgsed 20 conserve The
life of sespensins trees. sives psomiss
os Pemeskable sueeeee. 10 10 beloved
shas ths improvements tested In ihsse
sxpsrimssss will, In addition % pro-
longing the iiss os>ishs srses, greatly
ineresse their total yield Of tsrpen-
tine.
whss che cup and sustss system Of
tsrpsatisisg wss introduced By the
Forces Service come three years ago.
the eeonomy which it seeurvd led TO
its sdopsios on large scale By South-
ssn tuvpentine producers What lesds
THE syssem Ice great value 10 ths fact
that 10 does away with che old prsc-
tics Of "boxing." which consists In
eussins o deep cavity or bog" as the
hsse ee the tree for the purpose Of
catching and holding the Fesin which
Hows from the chipped face" Of the
tree tPusk above. In place Of "box"
IN esrthenwase cop of she same eapsc.
isy u Fastened 70 the tree. To THE the
Sewing rssin 10 directed by means Of
metal Russess. The di.use Of the
''box" Effected q swo-fold gsin-hsst.
Q saving OF che deep, fsssi woand in
the bsse Of the tree, end consequently
Q Conservation Of iss vitality; and sec-
oad. much lees waste in the gathering
of the product. With greater yield Of
suspsstine and better grsdes Of resin.
while this decided improvement
spared the tree very considerably. the
method Of chipping "fsees" 20 ssimu-
late resin dow remained unchanged.
THE In itself necessisates o deep
wound. which, 10 10 believed, exhausts
che vitality Of the tree more than 10
necessary. ExhaustiCn 10 evident
from she fscs thas after the fret year
she yield quickly falls oR. asd the TO.
cal prod docsive period 10 also limited.
A further step In advance 20 supple
meat che gains already secured By the
emp and CUSTER system was therefore
sosshs In the new plan. This aimed
70 reduce the siRe and number Of
"faces" ehipped, and also the depth OF
the chipping, without diminishing the
now Of rcsin.
In che experiments carried out dur
inG tho pact season the first object
wss % show that &C least an equal foe
OF rssin can be secured fsom shallower
and shorter "faces." The success Of
shsss experiments has tentatively 90.
tsblished tho prasticabilisy OF this
plan. A great saving naturally results
for By reducing the depth and the 81.
pes6cial extent OF the wound the drain
oa the vitality Of the tree 10 reduced
and ss least an equal yield 10 secured
without diseounting the product II fu.
ture years. Under the old system she
apnsal yield gradually falls Oh, large
~ in consequence of the formation Of
dry face" which 10 Q kind OF local
death. affecting the exposed wood OF
she tree.
Il 10 highly probable that with This
diminusion in the severity OF the op.
erssioa the ordinary term OF three or
four years during which . forest 10 now
worked can be greatly increased. This
means nos only o larger total return
and conss quently larger profits. but
also that che investment period for
suFpentining capital 10 heightened. .
fact which especially appeals TO the in.
vestoP.
The experiment are being conduc
ed In cooperation with the Hillmsn.
Land Co., which last year
placed four crops OF srees, OF about
|. 900 trees each, at the disposal Of the
Forest Service, aud for the ssason OF
1909 has consented to supply still more
timber TO further the study.
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