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Trees, Stars, and Birds 



U. S. Forest Service 



FIG. 84. Long-leaf pine forest near Ocilla, Georgia. Resin is being collected 

 from the trees. 



vapor, so that it collects in another part of the distilling 

 apparatus. What is pine tar used for? What other 

 kind of tar is there and how is it used? 



When a small cavity is made in the trunk of a Georgia 

 pine or of a western yellow pine, crude turpentine flows 

 out. By distillation in large copper stills, oil or spirit 

 of turpentine is derived from this. Rosin is left in the 

 still. This is used in making the cheaper kinds of soap 

 and varnish, and also in sealing wax and shoemaker's 

 wax. What other uses has rosin? Turpentine is -used 

 largely in varnish and paint. What other uses has it? 



Most frame houses are built chiefly of pine. Can 



