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FOREST COMMISSIONER S REPORT. 



Longlcaf Pine. 



TABLE 8. 



Longleaf pine is at present the most important of the 

 southern yellow pines and is the principal pine cut in all of the 

 Gulf States. The wood is heavy, hard, tough, strong, and dura- 

 ble. It is cut chiefly for lumber, dimension stock, and con- 

 struction timbers; the naval-stores industry of the United 

 States depends almost entirely upon this tree. More than half 

 of this species brought into Maine was used in the shipyards. 

 Large amounts were also used for sash, doors, and blinds, and 

 for house finish. 



Hemlock. 



TABLE 9. 



Additional figures from 1910 reports of the Bureau of the Census (see appendix). 



Pulp. 



Grand total. 



7,258,000 



12,136,000 



100.00 



$14 72 



$71 .822 50 



7,258.000 



12,071 000 



65.000 



When white pine was abundant in the northeast and Lake 

 States, hemlock was little cut for lumber, and trees which were 

 cut for the bark were usually left in the woods. To-day the 



