COMMERCIAL USES OF SHORTLEAF PINE 



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SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD SHORTLEAF PINE STAND 



This shows a scientifically thinned stand of shortleaf pine in New Jersey. All of the thinnings have 

 been fully utilized and the stand is in a thriving condition. 



quickly seeded, resulting in dense stands 

 of young pines of approximately the same 

 age and size. Frequently it is possible to 

 encourage natural reforestation by leaving 

 seed trees in lumbering operations and 

 guarding against forest fires, thus securing 

 fine young stands of shortleaf pine at less 

 cost than by forest planting. 



As an ornamental tree, shortleaf pine 

 compares with the best of Yellow pines 

 and merits greater consideration for this 

 purpose than it has received up to the 

 present time. Its dark green, soft, glossy 

 leaves and narrow, compact, well-shaped 

 crown give it marked beauty. The vigor 

 and hardiness of its growth and its power 

 to adapt itself to an unusually wide range 

 of soil conditions are qualities that add 

 greatly to its value for general planting. 



Commercial Uses of Shortleaf Pine 



THE most useful wood that grows in America is 

 southern yellow pine, the wood of a thousand uses. 

 Not only is southern pine adapted to a greater variety 

 of uses in building and manufacture than almost any 

 other wood, but its by-products, aside from the most 

 important purpose of making lumber, are remarkably 

 varied in their nature and af>plication. So intimately is 

 yellow pine and its products associated with the daily life 

 of humanity that very few persons conceive of the many 

 ways in which it serves us. In city and country, day and 

 night, whatever our occupation or condition in life, 

 southern yellow pine is contributing something to our 

 well being, liter- 

 ally " from the 

 cradle to the 

 grave." 



Definitely re- 

 stricted in the 

 area of its 

 growth, south- 

 ern yellow pine's 

 good qualities 

 are so varied 

 and its adapta- 

 bility so superior 

 that its distribu- 

 tion as lumber is 

 limited only by 

 the confines of 

 civilization and 

 the facilities for 

 transportation. 



In America 

 its place in manu- 



VENEERED PANELS 



Giving a hint of the vaiied and beautiful grain of the wood of southern yellow pine now being so much used for 



interior trim of houses. 



factures and building construction is such that more than 

 39 per cent of all the lumber consumed is southern yellow 

 pine, while enormous quantities go to Europe. Its annual 

 production — more than 14,000,000,000 board feet — is over 

 three times as great as any other one wood and equal to 

 the combined production of the five other leading woods. 

 Shortleaf pine {Finns echinata) is one of the impor- 

 tant southern yellow pines. For over two centuries it 

 has held a prominent position commercially. The prin- 

 cipal supply of shortleaf pine lumber comes from Ala- 

 bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis- 

 souri, North Carolina, South Carolina, eastern Oklalioma, 



eastern Texas 

 and Virginia. It 

 is found in a 

 dozen other 

 states but in 

 relatively 

 smaller quanti- 

 ties than in the 

 states named. 



One of the 

 best-known uses 

 of shortleaf pine 

 is for interior 

 finish and trim. 

 In general, 

 shortleaf cuts 

 from 30 to 35 

 per cent of clear 

 stock. It is from 

 the thick, clear 

 sapwood that the 

 highest grade of 



