HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. A421 
Mr. Lams. They will get it from the South. 
Mr. Price. Yes, sir; from the South and the Pacific coast. 
ae Bowrs. Where is the bulk of the timber supply in the country 
now ¢ 
Mr. Price. On the Pacific coast, in Oregon and Washington and 
California. 
Mr. Haucen. Is its quality that of the hard pine? 
Mr. Prics. J think the red fir is intrinsically as good a timber, but 
it is not adapted to the same local uses. 
Mr. Haucen. Red fir? Is that the Oregon pine? 
Mr. Price. Oregon pine it is called. 
Mr. Haueen. There is considerable pine shipped to our country, but 
Iam told that it is less resistant than the soft pine. 
Mr. Price. I think it will not be as good a quality as the native white 
pine for home use. 
Mr. Haucen. And it is very expensive. 
Mr. Price. Very expensive on account of the long transport. 
Mr. Apams. It is heavier and has more sap. 
Mr. Prics. It has more sap; yes, sir. 
Mr. Bowrs. Were you speaking of the western pine? 
Mr. Prics. I was speaking of the Oregon pine. 
Mr. Bowre. What about the supply of long-leaf pine in the Soyth? 
Mr. Prics. The estimate is that the long-leaf pine will be exhausted 
in ten or fifteen years. 
Mr. Bowrr. Have they made any practical experiments in forestry 
among the yellow-pine owners in the South? 
' Mr. Price. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Bowiz. What States have most of the yellow pine supply, and 
where are these experiments going on? 
Mr. Pricr. The most of the yellow-pine supply at present and the 
centers of lumbering operations are in Georgia and Florida and south- 
eastern Texas. We are in cooperation with private owners in Arkan- 
sas, Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina, and we have work ahead in 
several other Southern States. 
Mr. Bowrs. Where are you in Alabama? 
Mr. Price. In northern Alabama. 
Mr. Lams. You call Virginia nearly exhausted? 
Mr. Pricz. Yes, sir; practically exhausted. ; 
Mr. Lamps. It grows up there every fifteen years, and they saw it 
again? 
ite. Price. Yes, sir; it comes up fast for firewood, but the lumber 
is gone. 
ite, Lams. It does. There is land there now that I cut the big tim- 
ber off of twenty years ago, on which there is already another forest. 
Mr. Bow1z. How long does it take the long leaf pine to reproduce 
itself? 
Mr. Pricer. It takes a long time; at least seventy to eighty years 
to reach timber size. 
Mr. Haveen. What can you tell us about fence posts, and such 
things ? 
Mr. Price. What species do you mean? Are you not growing 
catalpa for that purpose ? : . 
Mr. HauceEn. It grows small and freezes out the first two or three 
years. 
