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ludies. By 1860, liowever, owing to the exhaustion of tlie long- 

 leaf pine in these sections, their trade had ceased, and since that 

 time these points have heconie centers for the production of lob- 

 lolly pine lumber. 



Loblolly Pixe ix the Timber Market. — As the supply of 

 long-leaf pine became exhausted north of the Neuse river other 

 pines were used in its place, the short-leaf pine being the next used 

 iind then the loblolly. In many sections these latter have always 

 been the only pines available for building materials. 



It is only within the past thirty years, however, that the loblolly 

 pine has entered the general market in the form of lumber, being- 

 debarred, previous to that time, because of the fact that so large a 

 proportion of it is sap wood. If used where exposed to the weather 

 it decayed rapidly, and when used for interior work had to be 

 painted, since it ''blued" badly. The introduction of dry kilns, 

 T\'hich enabled the sap to be thoroughly driven from the timber 

 -and the wood perfectly dried, has given it a wide range of uses. 

 Now there is a steady demand for it, as it is extensively used for 

 flooring, ceiling and other interior wood-work, and also for exterior 

 ^vork, for which latter use it is suitable only when thoroughly dried 

 -and painted. In the Northeastern States it is being used as a sub- 

 stitute for white pine and spruce, and as the better grades of these 

 become scarcer and consequently more valuable the demand there 

 for loblolly pine lumber increases and the uses to which it is put 

 become more varied. 



Since this is the chief timber tree over a large part of the State, it 

 has been used for many years, in the section where it is the 

 -only pine, for building and fencing material. For these domestic 

 uses only the largest stocks, and those with the most heart, were 

 selected. For the manufacture of kiln-dried flooring and ceiling, 

 however, those trees are preferred which have the least heart, since 

 the sap wood furnishes a lumber more uniform in quality and color 

 than the heart. Lumber made from the sap wood is also lighter 

 than that from heart wood and the cost of transportation is less. 

 It is marked in the New England and Middle States where it is 

 sold under the name of "North Carolina pine," ''North Carolina 

 sap pine," or "North Carolina kiln-dried pine." 



