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THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
Showing cutover land. l'exans is awak
estation program or its great forests will d
been taken by recent Legislatures.
for its timber, s, iut for its nuts. The
pecan is f(oulll generally along the banks
of streams thr ighout Centr'al, Western
and Soulthl \estI-n 'I exas. (See "Pecans"
in chapter on Agricu(ltur'.) There are ex-
cellent hardw oods along the lower courses
of the ('ololrad( l ld other rivers crossing
the coastal plains ldll there is some com-
mnercial production o(f ash and oak.
Cypress is found along the banks of some
of the spring-fed streams of Southwest
Texas, such as the Frio (considered re-
markable by those familiar with trees),
and there is a growth of cottonwood along
the breaks of many WVest Texas counties,
such as the ('anadian Valley of the Pan-
handle.lea
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1927TEXAS LUMBER PRODUCTION.
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(4cning to the fact that it must dolpt a refor-
lisappear. Initial steps in this direction have
TEXAS PRODUCTION BY KINDS.
In 1925, the latest year for which detailed sta-
tistics are available, the Texas production of lum-
ber was as follows:
Soft Woods- Board-feet.
I'ine ...................... ...........1.351.248.000
lypress ................................ 15,079.00)0
Cedar ................................ 5.000
iHardwoods-
Oak .................................. 98,486,000
Red gum .............................. 83,219,000
Tupelo ............................... 16.422.000
A sh .................................. 7.527,000
H ickory ............................ . 1,868,000
Elmhn ................................. 602.000
Beech ................................ 475.000
Maple .............................4... 426.000
('ottonwood ....................... .. 244,000
Sycamore ............................. 212,000
Ilirchl ................................. 85.0)0
Basswood ............................. 59,000
Walnut .............................. 43.000
All other............................. 2.008.000
Note.-The annual production of hardwood lum-
ber is al)proximately 200,000,000 board-feet.
TURPENTINE AND ROSIN.
There is some turpentine and rosin production
from the longleaf pine section of Southeast Texas.
I)Due to the fact that there are only a few operat-
ing concerns statistics are not released regularly, in
accordance with the G(overnment's policy of re-
leasing no statistics when nulllmber of operators is
so small that approximate figures on private opera-
tions would be revealed by such release.
The record of Texas turpentine and rosin pro-
duction as given in the yearbook of the United
States Department of Agriculture is as follows:
Turpentine Rosin
Year- (gallons). (BItbls.).
1907 ............................ 74.3350 4.261
1908 ............................200.0730 16,)50
1909 ............................220.752 15.555
1910 ............................ .....
1914 ............................ 47.100 41.0'9
1919 ............................ 906.40}4 10.179
192 .............................346.6; 26 21.226
*1922 ...........................171.450 12.360
The United States prodlned in 1925 27.0:16.000
gallons of turpentine and 1.868.000 barrels of rosin.
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