80 



THK WHITE riNK 



100 



8000 .V)()() TOGO WOOO 



Cornprestnon Slromjlli prr. .sya lucli in pimnds. 



Kkj. Iti Uia^iaiu uU>nviii^ i-llirL ol' iiiui.stiiiu (Ui cnialiiug atrciigtli. 



DURABILITY. 



Witli regard to its durability, VVMiilc I'liic is ,i;eiicral]y uiiderrafcd. The soft, liglit-colored 

 wood sii^igests general IVailty and a laclc of rcsistajicc, in wliieli resistance to decay is included. 

 In the legion where it grows the unusual great durability of the heart wood of Wliitc. I'inc is 

 well known; " the stuini)s of White I'ine last a lifetime;" ohl logs, covered with moss and often 

 with young Po^dars and \\\\v\\ growing from their surface are uncovered and utilized as shingle 

 bolts. White Pine shingles wear out, but rarely decay, and a good sidewalk of White Pine is 

 cimsidered the best to be had. As in other pines, the sapwood decays rea-dily, but this being 

 narrow in good logs, more than half of all White I'ine sawed is good durable heart, a wood which 

 is lu'it her subject to decay nor to the boring iTiseets anymore than the heavy resinous heart of 

 the l.'cd I'ine or of the Southern ])ines. 



COMPARISON WITH OTHER WOODS. 



(ienerally WlutePine is logged and milled on a large scale, cut mostly into boards and jdank, 

 and there is to-day no common wood which is more economically bandied and nu)re carefully 

 selected. 



Compared to other jjines, the White I'ine is olVered more extensively ami has a greater 

 influence on lumber markets than any other woo<l u.sed. It is more unilbiiii, lighter, softer, and 



