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Western White Pine (Pinus monticola). 

 This is not the species which produces the white pine lumber of Pennsyl- 

 vania and the Lake states, but in appearance the wood closely resembles 

 eastern white pine and is suitable for most of the purposes for which the 

 eastern wood is used. Idaho, western Montana, and Washington supplied 

 the most of it used in Pennsylvania. The industries demanding it are the 

 makers of planing mill products and the car builders. 



Table 8. — Consumption of Western White Pine, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



Average cost per 1,000 ft. 

 at factory. 



Total cost f. o. b. factory. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Feet b. m. 



Per cent. 



Feet b. m. 



Feet b. m. 





2,914,500 

 87,500 

 28,000 

 20,500 

 20.000 



94.92 

 2.85 

 .91 

 .67 

 .65 



$39 55 

 54 99 

 56 93 

 46 78 

 42 50 



$115,281 

 4,812 

 1,594 

 959 

 850 





2,914,500 

 87,500 

 28,000 

 20,500 

 20,000 







Patterns and flasks, 









Caskets and coffins, 





Total, 





8, 0^70,500 



100.00 



$40 22 



$123,496 





3,070,500 







Scruh Pine (Pinus virginiana). 

 This tree occurs most frequently in the coastal plain region from New York 

 to Virginia, and for that reason is found in New Jersey and Delaware more 

 extensively than in Pennsylvania. Its range extends from the clay ridges 

 in the southeastern part of the State westward and northward into the foot- 

 hills and mountain regions, scattered among the hardwoods. The common 

 names in different localities are: Jersey pine, nigger pine, and bastard pine. 

 On cut over areas restocking is heavy and springs up rapidly but the reproduc- 

 tion is best on old fields where in some localities it forms thick stands. It 

 grows more slowly than loblolly or shortleaf and only a comparatively small 

 proportion of the trees reach a size large enough for lumber. It has coarse, 

 straight grain, wide sapwood, and is very brittle, soft, moderately 

 strong, stiff, splits rather easily, is fairly durable and resinous. It 

 can be recognized readily by its short dark green needles, two in a sheath, 

 and by the fact that cones generally remain on the trees several years after 

 they have dropped their seed. In Virginia the box makers and excelsior 

 manufacturers use large quantities of this wood, while in Maryland and 

 Delaware, it is cut into railroad ties, converted into boxes and crates, and, 

 to a limited extent, is used for building materials. In Pennsylvania a 

 quantity equal to the entire cut of yellow pine went to the box makers. 



