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have held back the industry from the slowly grown pines of Florida. Some operators, however, 

 claim that the long season more than makes up for this defect. To what extent this is correct 

 remains to he seen. In Louisiana and Texas bleeding is not carried on even to the extent to 

 which it is commendable. How long trees of this species can withstand bleeding and its effects 

 is well illustrated by old trees in Bertie County, N. C, which were bled fully eighty years ago, 

 and much injured by fire which "ate into the box and " face." These trees are generally sound, 

 have good crowns, and show a fiiir growth for trees of their size and age. Owing to peculiarities 

 of the market, the butt cut of these logs is usually rejected, and therefore left in the woods. 



Longleaf Pine is still largely cut into timber, i. e., pieces thicker than 4 inches; much is sawn 

 to order, the entire trunk, therefore, being generally cut into one or two lengths in logging. 

 Special sizes, and also boards of great length and odd widths, are manufactured in great quanti- 

 ties for export. The bulk of Longleaf is still cut with circular saws and is not dried in kilns, 

 though both baud saw and dry kiln have been and are used successfully. 



Among the diseases to which this tree is subject, the disease of the cones, recently discovered 

 and studied by Dr. W. T. Swingle, deserves attention. The cones are attacked during the firs 

 year of their existence, and instead of attaining only about 1 inch in size, they swell up to the size 

 of a second-year cone (3 inches and mqre), and take on a bright orange color. Only cones of 

 this species and of Finus hcterophyJla have so far been found affected. 



