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INDEX 



Pine, white, for boxes, 248 



-, for pulp, 26, 29 



-, fuel value, 342 



-, lumber cut, 4, 8, 9 



-, — value, 10 



-, posts, 329 



-, shingles, durability, 369 

 , — , standing timber, 4 



-, ties, durability, 293 

 , — , used for tight cooperage, 146 



-, yield in pulp, 37 

 I yellow, charcoal yield, 239 

 , — , heading, weights, 139 

 , — , (including North Carolina pine), 

 amount for boxes, 251 



-, lumber value, 10 



-, veneers, amount used, 93 

 Pines, resinous, for distillation, 225 



— used for boxes, 249 

 Finns echinata, 9, 227 

 • — dharicata, 9 



• — hdcrophylla, 167, 227 



, used for naval stores, 167 



— maritima, 185 



, charcoal yield, 238 



, used for naval stores, 185 



■ — nwnticola, 9 



— palustris, g, 167 



, used for naval stores, 167 



— ponderosa, 97 

 , veneers, 97 



— rcsinosa, 9 

 • — flrobiis, 9 



— sylvcslris, charcoal yield, 238 



— taeda, 9 



Pipe line to collect maple sap, illustration of, 



389 

 Pistacia lenticiis, 64 

 Planing mill products, 11 

 Plant and equipment, cost of, 213 



— equipment, hardwood distillation, 206 

 — , distillation, cooling ovens used in, 203 

 — , — , cost of, 206 



— , largest New York distillation, 209 



— operation, hardwood distillation, 213 

 — , slack cooperage, ground plan of, 122 



— , softwood distillation, illustration of, 22.S 

 • — , wood distillation, Cobbs-Mitchell Co., 



illustration of, 202 

 Plantations, rubber, 407 

 — , — , acreage, 408 

 Planted rubber, method of tapping, 409 



Plate screen, diaphragm, illustration of, SS 

 Pole and pile timbers, qualifications desired 



in, 299 

 — , (fence), equivalent, 15 

 — , (telephone) equivalents, 15 



— production, summary of costs, 318 



— tie, 264 



— yard in Idaho, illustration of, 315 



Germany, illustration of, 324 



Poles, amount treated, 323 



— , amount used, 300 



— and piling, general, 299 



— , annual consumption and wastage, 5 



— , cedar, weights, 309 



— , chestnut, loading, illustration of, 315 



— , — , prices of, 306 



— , felling and peeling, 313 



— , length of ser\'icc, 319 



— , logging, 310 



— , method of piling, illustration of, 320 



— , number of, used, 299 



— , peeling, illustration of, 302 



— , preservative treatment, 321 



— , prices, 304 



— required for car-load lots, 317 

 — , seasoning, 314, 315 



— , — months, 316 



— , shipping, 314 



— , skidding, 314 



— , southern white cedar, illustration of 



loading, 318 

 — , specifications, 304 

 — , stumpage value, 312 

 — , substitutes for, 325 

 — , treating, illustration of, 322 

 — , value of, 299 

 — , wastage, 5 

 — , western red cedar, height of treatment, 



324 

 — , yarding, 314 

 Pontianak rubber, 406 

 Poplar, Carolina, posts, 329 



— for pulp, 25, 27, 31 



— used for wood pulp, 25 

 in mines, 332 



— , yellow, amount for boxes, 251 

 — , boiling for veneers, 97 

 — , charcoal yield, 239 

 — , for pulp, 29, 48 

 — , logs, prices, 93, 94 

 — , lumber cut, 8 

 — , — value, 10 



