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Friday, March 22, 1929. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Vass, North Carolina Page Nine. Fifty Important Trees Found in North Carolina Forester Curran Treats of State’s Greatest Natural Re^urce, Its Value and and Potentiality (Continued from last week) . scattered or in groups in the oak ‘forssts, though never very abundant. 'The wood is not in great demand in Carolina at present because of the Other Hardwood I'rees A?\other group of hardwoods, ex tremely important for the future of decline of the factories which man North Carolina industries, are those U’factured buggies and wagons, and which enter into the manufacture of [ the handle plants consume but a very furniture, veneer, and the interior | small quantity of the timber available. finish of houses. This includes a large! Carolina hickory is of high quality, number of species, some of which' and the tree is a desirable one to occur in the mountains, others in the ’ keep in mixtures. Piedmont, and still a greater amount Dogwood and Persimmon .s found in t^e swamps of the lower Two other woods in demand in Car- Piedmont in eastern Carolina. | ©lina ace dogwood and persimmon. In this group the most important is Dogwood is especially in demand for'; the sweet gum or red gum, which shuttle stock. This tree is found' 3,ea„ore and several elms Maples is the pnncipal wood used by the fur- Carolina as an midpr«»torv ! ^ . several el • ® Tf »^aroima as an understory | throughout Carolina. Red ma- niture mdustry. It is also used in j tree of pine and hardwood forest. It 1 pip „ common medium sized tree of large quantities in the manufacture reproduces itself from sprouts and on, med of veneers which go into packing|cases. 1 should be encouraged and protected Red gum is found in the deep swamps wherever found. It is also one of the mountain forest, and occurs scatter ed in the Piedmont. It is of fairly rapid growth, and a tree to be en couraged where found. Cucumber and buck eye, occur also scattered through the mountain for est, but ara not as important as yel low poplar, though iheir wood is sim- lar. Along some of the eastern Caro lina rivers a considerable amount of cotton wood is found. It is a very fast growing tree, and aometimpj' will be grown commercially as a ve neer stock and pulp wood source. It is very largely planted as a shade trae i.houghout the State because of its rapid growth. It is not a desir able tree for tfhis purpose. Maple Birch, Etc. The trees which constitute the bulk of the hardwood cut of the northern states, especially the region about the Great Lakes, are also found in the forests of Carolina. This group includes the maples, beech, the birches, The telephone and telegraph polej mond, said he had been informed that a duplicate and using it -on the sec-* people will not purchase this material s it would cosl $20,000 more a year to ond car. ;h3 eastern swamps, the river bot toms, and along streams in the Pied- along our great rive.., but only in>„,t beautiful of our forest trees.' runtaIn"valCtt those areas which are fairly well! and lends charm with its snowy bios- i„ shape, inclined to be knotty, drained. It reaches immense sizes, soms to our Carolina snrinp^im** , ., , . ’ sums lo our i^aronna springtime.. and therefore produces low grade ma- and is of rapid growih, and is prob-; Persimmon i«* used for similar nur- . • , ^ i . I . . . . XU I X'tfrbimmon is usea lor similar pur- terial, which however is readily sala- ably the best crop for the areas poses as dogwood, but little of it i where it naturally occurs. | is cut in Carolina, as the trade de- j Hard maple, or sugar maple, makes Young trees of red gum, have no sires large sized forest grown trees,! ^ f^ir growtlh', and is common in the Ted heart. This material is called sap' and the greater part of the Carolina I „o„_tai_ forests and extends into gum, and is in good demand for fur-1 growth is from hedge roms, and trees I the Piedmont. P^duces a high priced in clearing fields. It is of ex- ■ wood, much in demand by the fumi- There a« two gums which are com-1 tremely rapid growth and will prob-; t„e trade. Should be encouraged monly called black gum which arc .bly yield good returns as a forest' ^ ^.erever found. also of importance to the veneer and cron I o i i j - maple, or silver maple and furmture people. The black ^m of ,; There are three trees which occur ^Ider, sometimes called black ma- thc mountains and Piedmont is only th.oughout the Carolinas which yield I are found along .he margins of a scattered tree in the forest and,high priced material for the fumi-' ivers in the Piedmont, and eastern, furnishes but a small amount for ture trade. These are walnut, black Carolina sections, but are not desir-1 pt^rpetually. The revenues which this the commercial product. cherry, and holly. Walnut is found ^^le trees to encourage. ! forest wealth should produce annually The Black Gum greatest quantities throughout the Beech is found in all parts of the i State, may even in time rival The black gum of eastern Car- Piedmont, is in great demand, and is gtate. It is usually a slow growing j ^^at now produced by the manufac- olina swamps is furnishing great t^sually a scattered tree of the farm'^iee, reaching fair sizes, and is us-j cotton and tobacco. amounts of timber, and is being cut lands. Farmers in Carolina should ually knoity. It is an extremely at- j for the first time. The trees are us- . plant ihis tree about farm buildings, uactive tree, the wood in demand for 1 FRONT AND REAR LICENSE ually of medium to small size, in j streams, and in other waste |jut not particularly desir-j PLATES REQUIRED B YBILL many swamps the trees are defec- spots with good soil, as it will add able. after it is killed by blight, though the blight wood can be sold for tan ning purposes, and the wood if sound, cuv into lumber for the fumStui^ trade. If we are not to lose the great tanneries of the' mountain section, hemlock and chestnut oak should be encouraged by all woodland owners to replace the chestnut as a source of tanning material. There are a large number of other} trees common to Carolina forests, but of minor importance, because of their rarity, their small size or uheir char acteristics of growth, which make them of little importance to wood- using industries. Many of these, however, add beauty and charm to the forest, and especially in the mountain section, should be cared for and pro tected, because of the great move ment of pleasure seekers to these re gions during the summer. .The rhododedron and the laurel, are among the small trees which add so much to the beauty of the moun tain region. They also are used for turned goods and novelties, though the actual amount cut for these pur poses, is very small. Carolinas imiportant woods of the future, are the pines, the oaks, yel- i low poplar, gums, cypress and cedar. They will furnish the bulk of the cut, i and the timber land owners are urged' to see that these trees are protected' from fire, thinned to aid in the growth j of high grade material, and harvest-; ed in such a manner as to secure de- i sirable second growth. j The twenty million acres of forest | land in North Carolina are capable of producing forever, twice the pres ent cut of a billion feet, and to sup ply our present woodusing industries require vWo plates. Representative Pruden, Democrat of Chowan, said th cost would be absorbed by additional revenue. He said that at present two cars were often operated when only Any owner could hardly claim both he nse plates had b;en lost, he said. Tom Tarheel says top-dressing his small grain with quick-actinsg nitro- one license had* been taken out, the [ g n material paid him well last year owner telling the revenue department j and he intends to follow the same he original had been lost, - securing i plan this spring. Bodyif Pishtr tive and a great number of indivi- materially to the income of the farm. There are three birches common to The house Saturday passed without a record vote a senats bill to require . , , . . . 1 .u • u* 1 use of two license plat s, fro .t Black cherrv or cherrv of the moun- common along the river banks of , ... AJiav.iv ui tiieiiy ui me muuii & j autoHiobile. The meas- Black Cherry and Holly duals hollow. The bee gum, or rabbit gum so constantly a factor in the country life of plantation days, em- forest is a lall clean-stemmed ea«;ern Carolina forests. Red or river birch, | son. The bill is said to have the support . of the revenue department. Repre- v scntative Nash, Democrat, of Rich- i H Carolina and the Piedmont, • i. j j • . u , . ... , 4. • 4." J 1. ir . » . . ^ J ure was introduced m the senate by phasize this characteristic defect of tree of medium to large size, of very section, often occuring in pure stands} Cannadv Democrat, of John- gum. This tree is fairly slow growth ^ rapid growth. It is also found scat- over a number of acres. The wood," with long straigt siems, free of limbs' tered in the hardwood forests in the ‘however, is of low grade, and but and will probably constitute the prin- Piedmont. It yields a high grade fur- i little in demand. cipal part of the cut from the swamp - wood, similar in character to Yellow birch, and sweet birch, are areas in eastern Carolina. Littk is ^ mahogany, and should be encouraged common in the mountain forests, and known about its growth, seeding, and j where found. produce high grade wood, much used 3ther habits, especially with refer- Holly, with its evergreen leaves and by the furniture trade, eiice to renewing the forest after log- 1*0^ berries, is known to every one, and There are numbers of elms com- j ging. This tree must be carefully needs no description. It is found mon to the forests of the State, the | studied on account of the great area scattered in the forests of the Pied- small leaved elm of eastern Carolina | it occupies, the desirability of its mont, and very common as an under- is the best known, producing a hard timber for veneer, and because the story tree of some of the wet forest? wood whic'h is readily salable. It is | area it occupies is not at present of eastern Carolina, where it reaches vised for veneers, and in some extent nteded for agriculture, though the large sizes. Its wood is white, and furniture making, liained gum swamps will probably used in the furniture trade for inlay. The white elm and the slippery elm in the future be classed as the best its importance in Carolina is not sc of the mountain forests are of rapid farm land in eastern Carolina. much for its wood, but as soui-ce of growth, and produce wodd which is There is a fourth kind of gum greens for Christmas deceiation. Car- readily salable. 1 fr.und in eastern Carolina in the deep loads of branches are shipped from Sycamore, hack berry or sugar black loams and be.ter drained por- the forests of eastern Carolina annu- berry, are common U'ees of the river tions of the gum swamps. This is ally. The tree should be protected banks, especially in eastern Carolina, called cotton gum, or bowl gum, and and encouraged, and the cutting of They reach large sizes, and the wood ^ to the trade as tupelo. It is a very the branches should be carried on in if- used for veneer and furniture, fast growing tree, the seed is light a manner which will not destroy the Chestnut Disappearing and carried by the water and deposited health and vigor of the tree. Of the woods common to Carolina, by the floods on new formed land Some Other Groups only one, once abundant, is disappear- and in openings. The wood is soft, There are a group of soft woods ing from the State, this is chestnut, white, and a desirable veneer. The included by the lumber trade in the There are large amounts of it still; iTiowth of this trees should be encour- called hardwoods. Thes»e include in the mountains, but a serious uged on the areas which are suit- yellow poplar, bass wood or lin- disease, known as the chestnut blight, den, cottonwood, cucumber and buck is rapidly destroying this tree, and These swamp areas which are th« eye. Yellow poplar is the most im-'i-' is probable that chestnut will never j big problem of forest management portant of this group, and next to \ te grown after this crop has been j foi eastern Carolina, contain also, walnut, the most eagerly sought of harvested, unless some disease resist- j cypiess and juniper, two kinds of qqj. timbers. It was once abun- ant form is discovered. It was a very [ bay, a sprinkling of holly, and on mountain forests, and: desirable tree, its wood in demand hummocks and low ridges, a con- the largest tree of that area, and now ' for furniture and veneers. It pro- j siderable amount of loblolly, or for- occurs principally as second growth ! educed a large and profitable crop of est pine. The largest trees of this throughout Carolina. It is of rapid j edible nuts, and it is also our princi- species found anywhere are found in growth, equaling the pines, and it! pal source of tanning material in the ■ the borders and scattered in the should be encouraged where found, | southern mountains. It was also, swamps. many areas planted as it will used largely for fencing material, tel Smartness that Results from Individuality You can see it in every line of the Nev.* Oakland All-American. Smartness ihaS. results from individuality . . . For it’s a car that’s triumphantly different from anything else in the field. With that, difference that spells owner satisfaction • • . that difference which comes from offering greater beauty, higher qualily and finer performance for its price. Fricmt $1145 to #1575, /. o. b. 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Ash is also found in the moun- tain forests and of high quality and|i| s-'hould be encouraged wherever found. In the eastern bottom land the tree is very abundant in certain more re-1 stricted areas, even forming pure j i'tands on the margins of the rivers, j The growth is rapid and this is the , most desirable tree to grow on these liver bottoms subject to overflow. It ii> in great demand, brings high prices, and should yield the owner returns in forest crops, which are only equalled by those from pine and poplar. Ash is consumed largely by the handle trade, and the automobile in dustry. The other trees which fur nish wood for handles, come from four kinds of hickory variously called pignut, bitter nut, shag bark, shell bark, or white hickory. 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