WHITE PINE IS “THE STANDARD TREE OF COMMERCE” 
A CROP OF YOUNG WHITE PINE TIMBER WHICH WE “THINNED” TO THE OWNER’S PROFIT, AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING 
THE RATE OF GROWTH AND THE QUALITY OF THE STANDING TIMBER 
White Pine is America’s greatest COMMERCIAL tree 
Of great value in many ways. Will grow on poor lands. Buy waste land; plant it to White Pine. It will pay you. 
The authorities Fernow and Spalding say in a U.S. Government Bulletin: “There is no wood in the United States, perhaps in 
the world, of which there is a greater quantity used, nor which is put to a greater variety of uses than that of White Pine.” 
AND ITS USE WOULD BE STILL GREATER, BUT THE DEMAND EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY 
The U. S. Forest Service Bulletin “Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States” (Hall and Maxwell) says: “The cost of the 
wood now excludes it from uses wherein its former cheapness placed it. THE HIGHEST GRADE OF WHITE PINE DOES 
NOT DIFFER MUCH IN COST FROM BLACK WALNUT OR MAHOGANY, though cheap grades may be had. A table of 
clear White Pine would not fall much, if any, below the cost of one of Oak.” 
White Pine has an especially large volume of body-wood. It grows dense and thus “cleans itself” free of old 
dead limbs comparatively well. This is conducive to lumber that is straight-grained and free from knots. 
White Pine can be thinned more severely than other trees, and so needs very infrequent thinning. The material from the thinnings 
finds a ready market if handled properly. There’s no bother with sawing to special specifications in marketing White Pine! 
There is always a ready market — always a nearby market — for WHITE PINE, THE TREE OF MANY USES. 
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