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FOREST PRODUCTS 



areas of forest still untapped are in Florida. The only other large areas 

 of virgin forests still remaining unbled for turpentine and rosin are to 

 be found in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. 



According to Veitch, the following is an estimate of the production 

 of turpentine and rosin for the calendar year 1918: 



PRODUCTION OF TURPENTINE AND ROSIN FOR 1918 



There has been a great decrease in the production of turpentine and 

 rosin during the recent years. There was a serious drop in production 

 from 1917 to 1918. The industry is on the wane due to the rapid ex- 

 haustion of the available timber supplies of the South. 



More than 50 per cent of the total amount of products are exported. 

 The high peak in the value of the exports of naval stores was reached in 

 1912, when $26,754,987 worth were exported. In 1917 only $15,581,208 

 worth of naval stores were exported. This country is the great source 

 of the world's supply of turpentine and rosin. In normal times the 

 products were chiefly sent to Germany, the United Kingdom, the Nether- 

 lands and Canada. The war has seriously interfered with the exports of 

 naval stores from this country. 



The peak in the production of turpentine was reached in 1900, when 

 38,488,000 gal. were produced, and the greatest quantity of rosin was pro- 

 duced in 1908, when 4,288,000 barrels were placed on the market. For 

 the five-year period up to 1914 the average annual production was 

 31,800,000 gal. of turpentine and 3,700,000 barrels of rosin. The follow- 

 ing table shows the quantity and value of turpentine and rosin produced 

 according to the Census Bureau figures, from the years 1900 to 

 1913: 



