Show DOUGLAS FIR WILL ILL YIELD TURPENTINE B B. C. C Juno June 13 Ranchers on Cortex island have hn discovered andare and arc are develop developing In a new industry that nut ml may run into millions of or dollars It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is the extraction of turpentine from Dou Douglas las fir tir of which about acres are aro commercially available Xo No o Douglas firs smaller than ten Inches In diameter will be bo tapped Mature Ma Ma- a- a tore ture trees yield rort forty eight gallons of ot sap at ono one tapping About two thirds of ot a gallon Jallon of or high grade ra e turpentine Is obtained from Crom one gallon allon of sap Rap and lie tho r residue Is 18 commercially com corn ma marketable The ae avera average go e yield per acre thus thUM far Is eight barrels barrels barrels bar bar- of turpentine The Tho discovery over Is especially Important to tho the paint and varnish Industry Industry- The Tho Douglas fir classed classe as one ono of ot the coast type of ot trees grows rows In vast forests on Vancouver cr and other Islands and along alone the tho Inlets and valleys alloys of or tho the southern mainland of or this province |