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TIMBER PINES OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. 



stores "was first carried on ; rosiu, tar, aud i)itcli figured in early colonial times among the most 

 important articles ol' export. In consequence, the forests of the Longleaf Pine have been, with but 

 slight exceptions, invaded by turpentine orcharding, and at the present time by far the greater 

 part of the timber standing has been tapped for its resin. The forests of the Loiigleaf Pine in this 

 State cover the largest area in the basin of Cape Fear River, with Wilmington tlie main port of 

 export for their products. The export from this port had increased from 21,000,000 feet of lumber 

 in 1880, to nearly 40,000,000 annually, on the average, for the years l.S,S7 to 1891. 



The forests of the Longleaf I'ine on the banks of the Neuse Kiver, in -Johnston County and in 

 Wayne County, are almost exhausted; about 40 to 50 per cent of the timber sawn at Goldsboro 

 and Dover is Longleaf Pine timber from that section, and is invariably bled. A considerable 

 number of tlw trees from tlie old turpentine orchards, with the excoriated surface of the trunk 

 ("chip") over 2.5 feet in length aud bled again after a lapse of years, show that they have been 

 worked for their resin for twenty to twenty-four years in succession, and after a longer or shorter 

 period of n^st have; been subjected to the same treatment coiitiiuially for the same number of years. 

 Such old martyrs of the turpentine orchard are unfit for lumber, but, iniiireguated as they are with 

 resin, are used for jtiling and for posts of great durability. 



East of the Neuse River, from the upper part of Johnston County, in an almost southern 

 direction to Newbern, no Longleaf Pine has been observed. Single trees of the Sliortleaf Pine 

 [I'litus evhinafn) liave been Ibuiid scattered among the growth of deciduous trees which cover the 

 ridges between the Trent and Neuse rivers, and isolated tracts of a few acres of the Longleaf sjiecies 

 are met with in tlic low Hats of tiie same section, which were in 1S94 almost exclusively occupied 

 by the Loblolly Pine. 



As reported for tlie Tenth Census, the amount of Longleaf Pine standing in North Carolina at 

 tlic beginning of the (•ciisiis j ear was estimated to be 5,22!I,C00,000 feet, board measure. Xo reliable 

 information could be obtained as to tlie amount of timber (-ut since 1880, consequently no data are 

 at hand from which to compute the amount now standing. Tlie cut for tlie year 1880 is given in 

 the census report at 1(18,400,000 I'eet, board measure. In 1890. eighteen mills were enumerated as 

 engagc<l in sawing exclusively Longleaf Pine timber, almost all situated in tln^ basin of Cape Fear 

 liiver, with a daily aggregate capacity of 475,000 feet, board measure. Sucli capacity would point 

 to an annual cut of at least (i5,000,000 feet, board measure. 



Utatemenl of the aliipmcnts of tmi-al stores from ll'ilmhiglon, N. C. 

 [From .1. I,.. Cautwell. secretary Wilmington Produce Exchange.] 



Total value, $30,500,000, 



Statement of ahipmciUs of lumber luforelyn and domcsliv ports from ll'ilmimjton, .Y. C. 



