908 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Service proved that the quality of "Kraft" papers made longleaf will be gone in 20 years. It wjll probably last 



from longleaf pine surpassed in strength and toughness slightly longer, since the maximum cut cannot be main- 



any others produced in this country or abroad. tained clear to the point of exhaustion. Companies ex- 

 haust their holdings and are unable to secure more stump- 



c.R.XDKs AND TRICES jijrg ; with the restrictions of output comes an advance in 



We have no way of knowing the price of longleaf in price, resulting in a substitution of other woods, and a 



the early days, but it must have been very low. Even lessened demand, more conservatve cutting and milling 



now it is low compared with some other woods of any- methods are introduced ; all of which help to stretch out 



thing like its high quality. The average selling prices the supply. It is therefore safe to assume that virgin 



at a large mill in Louisiana for the year 1913 are as longleaf will last at least 25 years, but will be gone in 35. 

 follows : 



^. , , fl.^-, 1, Arr LITTLE HOPE FOR SECOND GROWTH 



Timbers above 4 sq $21.12 per M feet 



Timbers 2i^ to 4" sq 17.99 per M feet ]]^^^ ^h^t of the second growth ; has the longleaf, like 



"l ^f^^ grain flooring ;?<!.3j; per M feet ,^^ j^j^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^, ^^^ 



"B" Edge grain flooring ;5(..29 per M feet ^ , . 



"C" Edge grain flooring 2.-).T() per M feet answer, unfortunately, seems to be No. Technically 



"A" Grade boards 30.08 per 'SI feet it is possible to reproduce longleaf, and if the pine bar- 



"B" Grade boards 24.04 per M feet ^ens could be constituted a forest reserve, and handled 



"C" Grade boards 23.43 per M feet ^^ ,^, ^^^^ ^j^^ viewpoint of forest management, the 



No. 1 Common 1 - .83 per M feet ^ "^ - . ,, , '^ , u u . : \ a 



No 2 Common 1 2 98 per M feet tree might be perpetuated commercially, but as it stands 



No. 3 Common 10.75 per M feet this seems scarcely possible. For longleaf does not 



Box Shooks 15.08 per M feet "come back" after lumbering. It seeds verj' infrequently 



Moulding i i^s ''^'^\T ^""^ grows slowly. Young growth scarcely ever comes in 



Lath No 2 1 15 per M under the .shade of the older trees, and in the openings 



Shingles 2.41 per M it is kept out by fires. When the area has been logged, 



the burning of the slash, which invariably follows, kills 



The mill run at the time was about $16.50 per M as ^,j ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ,^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^, 



compared with $19.00 for white pine. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^p 



FUTLTRF OF THE LONGLEAF "'^""^ ^'''" coming in. So longleaf has become com- 



merciallv, almost botanically, extinct over whole sec- 



The original area of the longleaf range was slightly ^^^^^^ ^^"^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ .^^^^^ ^^^^^ Carolina. 



in excess of 100,000 square miles, over most of which ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



the tree erew in pure stands. Assuming an average stand . -14.^1. ^ ^ 



^ H ... , ,,, it now as a commercial tree. There are no counterparts 



of 5,000 feet to the acre, the original stand would have ^u ^ j r uv u- i. 



' , . , , r 1 -^ to the second growth stands of white pme which occur 



been 320,000,000,000 feet. The original stand of white . . . ti r> 1 j .1 1 1 r m 



1 , , Am /^/^/^ AAn r.nA x x Tu m portious of Ncw England, in the longleaf range. Nor 



pine IS estimated to have been 450,000,000,000 feet. The ^ , j -f ir / .-c 1 r . t- t. 



f , , . . , ^- ..u does the species lend itself to artificial reforestation. It 



longleaf estimate certainly seems conservative, since th , , . 1 , . ., , 



, r , , u t, c sends down into the soil a strong, deeply penetrating tap 



annual cut for the last ten years has been in excess of , , \ . . , 



10,000,000,000 feet per annum and in 1913 the remaining =^'- ^^""^'^ before it has developed any top at all, which 



stand was estimated at 232,-300,000,000 feet, or about Pi-e^-e^ts '* satisfactory cultivation in the nursery, 



one-twelfth of all the standing timber in the United An article on shortleaf pine will follow this shortly. Commer- 



States. The estimated stands of western yellow pine cially the longleaf and shortleaf are both known and sold as 



, i-v 1 c 1 J tu t c iif TU^ l^nrr vellow pine, but there is such a diflference in their characteristics 



and Douglas fir alone exceed that of longleat. 1 he long- ^ , ^- , 1 , ., . . t-j- 



that separate articles describing them are warranted. Editor. 

 leaf pine stand by States is as follows : 



North Carolina 2,900.000,000 



South Carolina ^'^^^'^!?'a!?a! AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE 



Georgia 18,500,000,000* 



Florida 58,200,000.000* /^~^ X SEPTEMBER 22 at 9 in the morning, Secre- 



Alabama 25,600,000,000* f 1 jjjrv of Agriculture Houston will meet represen- 



^I'ssissippi SloO 000 000 ^"^^ ''''*'''''' ^ ^^"^ American Forestry Association, of 



tJ^ 22'40o'o0o'ooo several State forestry associations and of Chambers of 



, , . _, , . Commerce from the larger cities on the Atlantic Coast 



Includes some Cuban pme. , , r^ . , 



to discuss the proposal to ask Congress to make an ap- 



That seems a huge supply, but experience has proven propriation of $10,000,000 to continue the purchase of 



that no wood is inexhaustible, even though the supply Federal forest reserves in the White. Mountains and 



may last longer than is at first predicted. The average Southern Appalachians. There is hope that such an ap- 



rate of cut for the past few years has been about 12,- propriation may be provided, in which event it will be 



000 000,000 feet per annum, and it is thought to have possible to continue such purchases as have already been 



reached its maximum. At this rate the supply of virgin so wisely made. 



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