New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
IONTEREY PINE IS
 PROFITABLE TIMBER
Has Had an Extraordinary Growth
 in New Zealand.

ln New Zealand. Foresters in the United States are |uch surprised by the statement in Ee January issue of the Journal Of tsricultuTe of New Zealand, just re- lived in this country. that Monterey he lis by far the most valuable Ad profitable timber tree that can be lanted'' in New Zealand.
 This pine grows naturally in a few fry restricted areas in southern Alifornia. principally in the neigh trhood of Monterey Bay, with one
 two isolated areas to the south i'd on Santa Catalina island. While resters have known that its growth compara lively rapid, the tree has ben regarded as practically valueless r timber, though it has been plant to serve as windbreak for orange loves.
 Should Be Investigated.
 ,rhe reports of it's behavior in New kaland. however, seem to make rther investigation of it's value in lis country we'll worth while. In ew of the extraordinarily rapid owth which the tree has made in eir country, New Zealanders have Wen it the common name of re arkable pine,'' and from the figures ported by the New Zealand depart ent of agriculture, industry. and mmerce. this name seems to be we'll erited The claims for Monterey he are based on the phenomenal owth which it has made in planta- bns and the many uses to which the bod seems adapted
 1,4OO Feet in One Tree.
 In one plantation, for example, in hich the trees varied from twenty to twenty-nine years old, one tree I've a yield of 1,400 board feet of Wv timber and the average yield or e plantation was approxlmately (. 900 board feet for each acre. hite pine, the tree best adapted to rest management in the northeast h United States, will scarcely yield bre than 10000 board feet per acre this age. Loblolly pine, the most bid growing pine of the southeast, hkes not more than 16,0O0 board et per acre in equal length of time. bother 27-year-old plantation or pnterey pine in New Zealand yield
 75,OOO board feet of saw timber a sixty cords. of fire wood per re. yet both of these plantations ire on pure sand not suitable for inning purposes.
 One Trees Growth.
 An individual tree, only forty-six ars old, was estimated to contain bre than 5000 board feet Average hite. pine trees of the same age in s country, when grown in the for seldom contain much more than B board feet, so that the figures 5en in the New Zealand report seem most incredible. It is known. how- er, that certain trees, outside of cir native habitat, make remark ble growth, particularly in their rlier years, as has been strikingly own in some of the Australian eu- hypti in California and in Brazil.
 On the basis of the tremendous lids of Monterey pine reported for w Zealand, the author of the article the Journal of Agriculture believes at Monterey pine can be grown ofitably in that country on land brth upwards of $50 an acre, even hen there is a comparatively high St of planting.
 Uses of the Wood.
 Tn New Zealand the wood is said be used for practically all building rposes except flooring. It makes cellent lumber for boxes, fruit cking cases, and for other similar rposes. It is not durable in con- 1t with the ground or when ex- sed to the weather unpainted.
 The behavior of this pine in New aiand has been so remarkable that e. forest service considers that rther investigation of it's value in Is country would be well worth nile.