Table 21. — Total number of pine poles or piles classified according to length and tree diameter (d. b. h.) 



Diameter of trees outside bark (inches) 



20 feet 



25 feet 



30 feet 



35 feet 



40 feet 



45 feet 



50 feet or 

 over 



All lengths 



7.0to8.9 



1,000 sticks 



7,612 



5,194 



2,360 



704 



132 



3 



1,000 sticks 



2,521 



2,783 



1,938 



952 



369 



113 



1,000 sticks 



961 



1,998 



1,547 



770 



294 



94 



1,000 sticks 

 78 

 777 

 833 

 501 

 254 

 106 



1,000 sticks 



1,000 sticks 



1,000 sticks 



1,000 sticks 



11,172 



11,046 



7,373 



3,563 



1,465 



532 



Percent 

 31.8 



9.0 to 10.9 



219 

 369 

 279 



178 

 88 



75 

 263 

 182 

 100 



50 





31.4 



11.0 to 12.9 



63 

 175 

 138 



78 



21.0 



13.0tol4.9 



10.1 



15.0tol6.9 _ 



4.2 



17.0tol8.9 --- 



1.5 









f 16, 005 



I Percent 

 I 45.5 



8,676 



Percent 

 24.7 



5,664 



Percent 

 16.1 



2,549 



Percent 

 7.3 



1,133 



Percent 

 3.2 



670 



Percent 

 1.9 



454 



Percent 

 1.3 



35, 151 





Total --- _ _ - 







100.0 









Gum Naval Stores 



The naval stores industry attained its greatest 

 output in Texas in 1919, with the production of 

 approximately 18,000 barrels of turpentine and 



AREAS IN WHICH THERE 

 | IS A SUPPLY OF 

 TURPENTINE TIMBER 



Figure 15. — Location of the principal supply of turpentine timber, 

 as indicated by shading 



60,000 barrels of rosin. Since that time there has 

 been a decline until in 1935 the only active crops 

 in the unit were centered in old-growth timber 

 near Wiergate, in Newton County, where they 

 were being worked in advance of a lumbering 

 operation. 



Second-growth stands offer the only opportunity 

 for new operations. Field observations and survey 

 data reveal that there are apparently only two 

 areas in this unit on which there is sufficient 

 stocking of round, second-growth longleaf in 

 nearly pure stands to warrant the establishment 

 of one or more naval stores operations. Figure 1 5 

 shows the location and relative size of these areas. 



A small area, lying east of Newton, in Newton 

 County, contains approximately 60,000 acres of 

 forest land. Pure stands of longleaf pine have 

 restocked most of this area, with a fairly normal 

 representation of the different size classes. Enough 

 rapidly growing young trees are present in the 

 stand to make long-time operations possible. A 

 larger area, in Tyler, Polk, and Hardin Counties, 

 includes about 290,000 acres of forest land. 

 Although well-stocked with nearly pure stands of 

 round longleaf pine, a large proportion of the 

 trees are of saw-timber size and consequently are 

 in demand by the lumber, cross-tie, and pole 

 industries. Trees in the smaller diameter classes 

 are insufficient in number to insure a permanent 

 supply of timber for naval stores. 



In the two areas it is estimated that 50 to 60 crops 

 of cups could be maintained in operation over a 

 period of several years, by a progressive working of 

 the area. Loblolly and shortleaf pines show a 

 strong tendency to supplant longleaf in Texas, and 

 unless measures are taken to prevent this the 

 supply of naval stores timber is not likely to 

 increase. 



In each of these areas is an excellent system of 

 paved highways, augmented by roads recently 

 constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. 

 Transportation of gum to a central still in each area 



