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TIMItKK T'INES OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. 



stores was lirst ciirried on; losiii, tar, ami pitcli lis'iirod in early colonial times among the most 

 important articles of export. I n cDnseiineiHe, the forests of the Loiigleaf IMne have been, with but 

 slight exceptions, invaded by turpciitiiii", orcharding, and at the present time by far the greater 

 part of tlie timber standing has been tapped for its resin. The forests of the Longleaf Pine in this 

 State cover the largest area in the basin of Oape Fear Kiver, with Wilmington the main port of 

 export for their products. The exjiort from this port had increased fioin i.'l,()()0,(lU(»l'eet of lumber 

 in ISSO, to nearly 4i),()lt0,()0() annually, on the average, for the years 1887 to 1S!)1. 



The forests of the Lougleaf Pine on the banks of the Neuse Kiver, in Johnston County and in 

 Wayne County, are almost exhausted; less than 40 per cent of the timber sawn at Goldsboro 

 and Dover is Longleaf Pine timber from that section, and is invariably bled. A considerable 

 number of the trees from the old turpentine orchards, with the excoriated surface of the trunk 

 ("chip") over 2.5 feet in length and bled again after a lapse of years, show that they have been 

 worked for their resin for twenty to twenty-four years in succession, and after a longer or shorter 

 period of rest have been subjected to the same treatment continually for the same number of years. 

 Such old martyrs of the turpentine orchard are unlit for lumber, but, impregnated as they are with 

 resin, are used for piling and for posts of great durability. 



I'^ast of the Neuse Kiver, from the upper part of .lohnston County, in an almost southern 

 direction to Newbern, no Lougleaf Pine has been observed. Single trees of the Shortleaf Pine 

 (riiiiis echinata) have been found scattered among the growth of deciduous trees which cover the 

 ridges between the Trent and Neuse rivers, and isolated tracts of a few acres of the Longleaf species 

 are met with in the low Hats of the same section, which were in 1891: almost exclusively occupied 

 by the Loblolly Pine. 



As reported for the Tenth Census, the amount of Longleaf Pine standing in North Carolina at 

 the beginning of the census year was estimated to be r),2iiii,()00,o{)() feet, board measure. No reliable 

 information could be obtained as to the amount of timber cut since 1880, consequently no data are 

 at hand from which to compute the amount now standing. The cut for the year 1880 is given in 

 the census report at 108,-i()i),000 feet, board measure. In 1890, eighteen mills were enumerated as 

 engaged in sawing exclusively Longleaf Pine timber, almost all situated in the basin of Cape Fear 

 Kiver, with a daily aggregate cajjacity of 475,000 feet, board measure. Such capacity would point 

 to au annual cut of at least 05,000,000 feet, board measure. 



Stntemeiit of the ahipvieiits of naval stores fvom Wilmmglon, N. C. 

 [From J. L. Cantwell, secretary Wilmington Produce Exchange.] 



Totnl value, $30,500,000. 



Statement of shipments of litmher ioforeUjii and dumeslic ports from Wilmivglon, X. C. 



