TURPENTINE PINE FORESTS.
Twenty years ago the vast lands of the Carolinas, Georgias, Alabama and Florida produced millions of gallons of turpentine from their slash-pine forests. In an ignorant effort to prevent fires, the forest owners burned over the land year after year, destroying not only all inflammable debris but the young trees as well. The inevitable shortage of raw material made turpentine consumers search for substances, and scientists soon perfected the various alcohol-base paints now in general use. Modern developmpents in the methods of refining the slash-pine pulp has made its demand for paper-making greater than the supply. The U.S.A. Government, therefore, is making loans to the stricken South-Eastem States, and re-afforestation is being taken scientifically in hand. In a few years' time, experts predict, pulp to the value of 100,000,000 dollars will be produced by the forest lands that once produced the nation's turpentine.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3481, 9 August 1937, Page 7
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146TURPENTINE PINE FORESTS. Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3481, 9 August 1937, Page 7
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