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  periodically, 
  with 
  an 
  instrument, 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

   to 
  remove 
  the 
  hardened 
  rosin 
  that 
  accumulates. 
  

  

  Much 
  watchfulness 
  is 
  required 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  fire 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  pineries 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  burning 
  off 
  the 
  under- 
  

   growth 
  and 
  straw 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  pine 
  forests, 
  as 
  the 
  

   burning 
  over 
  and 
  charring 
  the 
  decorticated 
  surface 
  

   effectually 
  prevents 
  any 
  further 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  turpentine, 
  

   if 
  the 
  tree 
  itself 
  is 
  not 
  wholly 
  consumed. 
  

  

  When 
  effectually 
  protected 
  from 
  these 
  firings, 
  the 
  

   trees 
  last 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years, 
  before 
  they 
  cease 
  to 
  be 
  

   productive. 
  

  

  The 
  hands 
  employed 
  in 
  these 
  pineries 
  being 
  with- 
  

   drawn 
  by 
  the 
  proprietors, 
  who 
  were 
  planters 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   the 
  culture 
  of 
  cotton, 
  in 
  a 
  distant 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   the 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  raw 
  turpentine 
  failed, 
  and 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tillery 
  was 
  broken 
  up 
  and 
  removed. 
  

  

  The 
  stores 
  of 
  valuable 
  oak 
  timber 
  we 
  possess, 
  have 
  

   been 
  little 
  used, 
  except 
  for 
  plantation 
  purposes, 
  the 
  rails 
  

   for 
  fencing 
  being 
  chiefly 
  made 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Beyond 
  the 
  small 
  local 
  demand 
  for 
  wagon-making 
  and 
  

   for 
  cotton-baskets, 
  the 
  white-oak, 
  scarcely 
  less 
  valuable 
  

   than 
  the 
  live-oak, 
  has 
  given 
  little 
  employment 
  to 
  the 
  

   industry 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  In 
  remote 
  sections, 
  however, 
  where 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   cotton 
  does 
  not 
  absorb 
  the 
  whole 
  attention, 
  the 
  getting 
  

   out 
  of 
  staves 
  or 
  puncheons 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  profitable. 
  

  

  Staves 
  and 
  hoop-poles 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  down 
  from 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  keel-boat 
  navigation, 
  on 
  the 
  Tallahatchie, 
  

   in 
  Pontotoc 
  County. 
  

  

  The 
  live-oak 
  is 
  highly 
  prized 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shade- 
  

   tree, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  now 
  exist 
  on 
  our 
  coast 
  in 
  such 
  abun- 
  

   dance 
  as 
  to 
  furnish 
  any 
  considerable 
  supply 
  of 
  timber 
  

   for 
  ship-building. 
  

  

  An 
  intelligent 
  observer, 
  residing 
  in 
  Marion 
  County, 
  

  

  