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White pine is the most important lumber in our country, 

 and has been so ever since its settlement. Formerly 

 an abundance of white pine was cut in New England, 

 New York, and Pennsylvania, but of late the greater part 

 comes from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. White- 

 pine lumber is kept in all yards of the northern states, 

 as far west as Dakota; but the largest markets for this 

 lumber are Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Buffalo. 

 White pine is used chiefly as building lumber, being soft, 

 light, insect proof, and always to be had in any quantity 

 in all reasonable sizes arid all grades ; it has become one 

 of the favorite materials, is used for a greater variety of 

 purposes, and brings a better price than any other of 

 the common kinds of lumber. 



In the South, where a broad belt of pineries stretches 

 along the coast from Virginia to Texas, there are three 

 varieties of hard-pine lumber, which are cut in large 

 quantities and are shipped not only to all the northern 

 and eastern markets, but also find their way to many 

 foreign markets. 



Of these the longleaf or Georgia pine lumber is the 

 most important. Georgia pine is cut mostly into timbers 

 of long lengths, twenty feet or more, and used for sup- 

 ports in large structures, in bridges, trestles, for car sills, 

 etc. A considerable amount of this timber is exported to 

 Europe, the West Indies, and South America under the 

 name of pitch pine, but by far the greater part is either 



