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There seems to be little chance for profitably tapping the 

 Corsican pine. The ground is hilly and under the selection 

 system only scattered trees are marked for felling. These 

 alone could be tapped to death, and because of its slow growth 

 and inability to heal wounds quickly the advisability of tapping 

 alive is seriously questioned. 



Minor Industries. The extraction of pine stumps for 

 turpentine is encouraged and a very low price has been estab- 

 lished: 2 francs ($0.39) per stere (35 cubic feet). 



The roots of tree heather are grubbed out for pipe wood. 

 About 13 tons were exported from Bastia to England 58 in 1911; 

 they sell for 5.50 francs ($1.06) per 100 kilos (220 pounds). 

 During 1910 over 54,430 quintaux (6000 tons) of raw roots 

 were extracted. 



The collection of seed, as in France, can be made only by 

 members of the rangers' or guards' families for sale to the 

 administration. 



OTHER FOREST ACTIVITIES 



Reforestation. The only attempt at reforestation on a 

 large scale is at Chiavari; and this has not been entirely a 

 success. The partial failure has been because they have en- 

 deavored to sow an entire area to cork oak, whereas only the 

 richer soils were suitable. Moreover, the acorns were set too 

 deeply in the ground; 12.6 centimetres (5 inches) instead of 

 2.5 or 3.8 centimetres (i or 1.5 inches). They have learned 

 from this failure that large-scale planting operations should 

 only be attempted on the basis of careful plans, drawn up by 

 practical planting experts. 



The only other sowing on the island has been tried in a Cor- 

 sican pine burn in the forest of Vizzavona, where it cost 3700 

 francs ($114.10) to sow 50 hectares (123 acres) by seed spots 

 i metre (39 inches) by 0.50 metre (19 inches) in size. The results 

 here also have been unsatisfactory. 



58 H. M. Foreign Office Diplomatic and Consular Reports; 1910, p. 7; 1911, 

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