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It will be remembered that the chief use of tur- 

 pentine is for thinning' paints and varnishes, but it is 

 also used in cloth printing, in the manufacture of 

 rubber articles, and in a great variety of other 

 chemicals and medicines. Rosin is used chiefly in 

 soap making, but also in paper manufacture, for 

 water-proofing barrels, and in making linoleum, 

 ceiling wax, oil-cloth, roofing, lubricants and ink. 

 Small quantities are utilized by the chemical indus- 

 try in innumerable other ways. 



The value of naval stores produced in America 

 approaches forty million dollars per annum, but 

 this amount is not all consumed at home as our 

 exports are very large. Florida is the chief pro- 

 ducer with Georgia and Louisiana next. The indus- 

 try has in the past played an important part in the 

 economic development of these regions, but, due to 

 the rapid depletion of the timber supply, it is now 

 waning. Possibly the southern farmers and small 

 land owners, following the example of the maple 

 sugar growers of the north, will develop sufficient 

 foresight to remedy the situation, but there is a 

 serious difficulty to be encountered. The unit 

 hitherto necessary for profitable production of 

 naval stores, consists of from ten to twenty "crops" 

 of about ten thousand scars or "boxes" each, and, 

 although there may be a considerable number of 



