Table 8. — Turpentine cups hung during the 1934— 35 season, by year of working * 



Working area and manner of cupping 



First 

 year 



Second 

 year 



Third 

 year 



Fourth 

 year 



Fifth 

 year 



Sixth year 

 and later 



All years 



Front-faced areas: 



Onfrontfaces . . ___ .._ 



Crops 

 198. 1 

 12. 6 



Crops 

 8.2 



Crops 

 61.5 

 3.8 



Crops 

 135.9 

 8.5 



Crops 

 106.0 

 6.6 



Crops 

 160.2 

 10.1 



Crops 

 787.8 

 49.8 



Percent 

 35.2 





2.2 







Total.. ._ 



210.7 



134.3 



65.3 



144.4 



112.6 



17Q. 3 



837.6 



37.4 







Back-faced areas: 



Onfrontfaces .._ 



76.9 

 182.3 



73.5 

 190.8 



106.9 

 97.4 



106.3 

 101.3 



102.5 

 132.1 



101.6 

 131. 2 



567.7 

 835.1 



25.3 





37.3 







Total 



259.2 



264.3 



204.3 



207.6 



234.6 



232.8 



1, 402. 8 



62.6 







All working areas: 



On front faces 



275.0 

 194.9 



199.6 

 199.0 



168.4 

 101.2 



242.2 

 109.8 



208.5 

 138.7 



261.8 

 141.3 



1, 355. 5 

 884.9 



60.5 



On back faces _.. 



39.5 









f 469. 9 



398.6 



269.6 



352.0 



347.2 



403.1 



2, 240. 4 









Total _ 



1 Percent 

 I 21.0 



Percent 

 17.8 



Percent 

 12.0 



Percent 

 15.7 



Percent 

 15.5 



Percent 

 18.0 





100.0 











i Recorded in crops of 10,000 cups each. 



the larger round trees. Only 8 percent of the front- 

 faced trees carry two cups. These practices are 

 relatively conservative when compared with those 

 in other naval stores sections in the Southeast. 



RESTING AND WORKED-OUT AREA 



Nearly 2 million acres, an area almost as large as 

 that remaining in round timber, had been turpen- 

 tined prior to 1934 but was not then working. 

 Very little of this acreage is in old growth, which is 

 usually turpentined up to a short time before log- 

 ging. Most of it is scattered throughout the second 

 growth as a portion of some turpentine farm. It is 

 in large blocks only where an operator has thoroughly 

 worked out and abandoned an entire turpentine 

 place. 



It is estimated that 1 million acres resting or 

 worked out bears adequate round trees of the 

 necessary sizes and sufficient possibilities for new 

 faces on trees previously worked to justify the start 

 of a new operation in the next decade. This resting 

 acreage bears approximately 10 million resting 

 trees, almost 4 million round trees 9 inches in diam- 

 eter and larger, and more than 20 million round 

 trees between 5 and 9 inches in diameter. Some of 

 this area is ready for immediate working; a large 

 part of it, however, must wait several years for 

 enough round trees to attain working size. 



The remaining 867,000 acres classified as resting 

 and worked out is made up largely of land on which 

 it is estimated that there are insufficient potential 



cups to justify working during the next decade. 

 Much of this area has stagnated because of the 

 presence of more than 7 million worked-out trees 

 (fig. 7) . Here are also nearly 4 million resting trees, 

 2 million round trees 9 inches or larger in diameter, 

 and more than 10 million round trees between 5 and 

 9 inches, all forming a reserve growing stock for 

 future working. After a decade or so of growth, a 

 portion will again be ready for working; but at 

 least half a million acres have been completely 

 worked out and definitely abandoned. The worked- 

 out trees must be removed if this area is to re- 

 stock with a satisfactory stand of round timber 

 and take its place in the cycle of turpentine 

 operations. 



Future Outlook for 

 Gum Naval Stores 



Since the naval stores industry is well established 

 throughout this survey unit, practically all of the 

 round turpentine pines, with the exception of those 

 in parks, or on inaccessible islands in swamps, will 

 sooner or later be available for naval stores opera- 

 tions. During the next 20 years, some A){ million 

 round trees will each year become 9 inches or 

 larger (with allowance made for mortality in present 

 stands), unless the supply of round trees is reduced 

 for pulpwood or other purposes. Some areas of 

 round trees must stand for several years after the 

 first trees reach turpentine size before there is a 

 sufficient concentration to justify working. 



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