202 



ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



TABLE 4. TIMBER-CAMP PRODUCTS, 1905. 



NAME 



Logs for mills 1,033,078 



Logs sold 73,200 



Cross-ties 



Fence-posts 



Telegraph (etc.) poles. 



VALUE 



$242,605 



3,000 



705 



TABLE 5. TIMBER-CAMP PRODUCTS, 1909. 



NAME 



Logs for domestic manufacture 



Logs for export (mostly hardwood). 



Hewed timber 



Cross-ties 



Fence-posts 



Telegraph and telephone poles 



Piles 



Split and shaved shingles 



Charcoal 



Cooperage stock 



Handle stock 



Excelsior stock 



Wheel stock 



Tanbark (oak) 



Miscellaneous 



Total value - 



QUANTITY 



30,587 



1,086 



2,989 



262,100 



87,988 



1,754 



1,745 



302,000 



522,000 



2,100 



300 



25 



25 



49 



M ft. 

 M ft. 

 M ft. 



bushels 



cords 



cords 



cords 



cords 



cords 



VALUE 



$136,930 



7,345 



20,336 



66,909 



3,625 



2,183 



1,880 



505 



20,495 



8,500 



600 



250 



100 



275 



2,197 



$272,775 



(The figures for cross-ties, poles and piles appear to be 

 very incomplete, and mine-timbers are not mentioned 

 at all.) 



Naval stores. — According to Bulletin 126 of the 12th 

 Census, published in 1902, there were in Alabama in 

 1900 152 turpentine stills, employing 3,643 men on the 

 average (more than that in spring and less in winter), 

 producing in that year 74,078 barrels of turpentine, 

 worth $1,460,582; 245,394 barrels of rosin, worth $490,- 

 882; and $82,241 worth of other "naval stores," such as 

 tar and pitch. The exports of these commodities from 



