17S ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



THE TURPEXTIXE INDUSTRY 



Fig. 54. Turpentine neiiro at work in a lon^-leaf jiine 

 forest a few miles north of liayou la Batre. ]\lol)ile Co. (prob- 

 ably near the place shown in tig. 47.) Trees "boxed" in the 

 old barbarous way, for this was before cups and gutters were 

 introduced in Alabama. Photograph bv Dr. E. A. Smith 

 and R. S. Hodges, July 31, 1902. 



Fir,. r).5. Short-leaf pine (Pin us Tacda), two feet in diame- 

 ter, with five scarified faces for the production of turpentine, 

 in the lime hills belt about two miles north of Millry, Wash- 

 ington Co. This tree is being worked by the modern cup- 

 and-gutter method, the outfit used differing from Dr. Herty's 

 original device only in the substitution of a galvanized iron 

 cup for a clay pot. The attempt to extract turi)entine from 

 short-leaf pine is rather unusual, and probably not very suc- 

 cessful. x\pril IG, 1013. 



FiG. Tifi. 'J'urpentinc still in the lime hills near Frankville. 

 Washington Co. Rosin barrels at left, fuel at right. The 

 limestone chimney is very characteristic of this region, but 

 very unusual for a turpentine still, the vast majority of which 

 are in regions where no such rock is to be had. Photograph 

 by Dr. E^ A. Smith and R. S. Hodges, Aug. 37, 1900. 



