Show UTAH FORESTS MAYBE AY BE WORKED FOR TURPENTINE A I l lJ lU S J SUGGESTS U f T i SCHEME HM t r Douglas Fir Plentiful IG in m p Wasatch Wasach and Other Reservations Res RI- J ons in This Ar Area a Yields ields Valuable fj Product B F F. F E E. B Be Becker k By y ec cr ft F VING FOLLO the i P JL ment from British Colum Columbia bia that the ranchers of Cortez z island island sl n l' l lare are developing a new industry in inthe inthe the extraction of turpentine fi from rn- rn Douglas fir officials of ot th the t forestry i department in Utah declare the nfl nfl- In Industry may well welI become a matter of great moment in the country In Utah there is sufficient fe t timber of ot this species to make the new industry a commercial o possibility In Idaho and Montana there Is a great geat deal more or sufficient to to sustain a vast enterprise EIGHT BARRELS PER ACRE t I Advices from Vanc Vancouver state th that t about acres of ot red fir are available on Cortez Cortex island but that t no tree less than ten Inches 1 In diameter will be tapped mature tre trees yielding about forty-eight forty gallons gallon of sap at one tapping About two-thirds two of a g gallon llon of turpentine of ot high grade is obtained from one gallon gallo ol of sap and the residue is commercially marketable The average yield per acre thus far i ic is eight barrels of ot turpentine turpentine- A company rig is being formed among the land owners owners owners' to develop the business and it has been heen agreed that the ranchers and oth other r. r owners owners' of ot forest land shall rec receive lve a to royalty ralty alty of ot 1 per barrel of the finished product I PRESENCE IN UTAH FORESTS The Douglas fir grows grows grows' hi- hi in hist vast st forests for for- ests eats on Vancouver and other islands and along the inlets ts and valleys of ot the southern mainland of ot British Columbia Co Co- lumbia province Development J of ot the turpentine industry will make these forests the most valuable Jon on on the American continent as the l lumber niber- from the trees is especially fine r shipbuilding S 4 r S According to Dana Parkinson u su- su supervisor supervisor of Wasatch forest Jh tha Douglas fir ranks third in Importance in Wasatch and northern Utah forests for tor- ests It is greatly exceeded by lodge lodgepole pole pine and spruce spruce In In the forests of central and southern Utah and nd in the Kaibab forest ol northern Arizona the tree Is more plentiful and should occur in gi groups sufficient to support a small turpen turpen- turpentine turpentine tine industry J PLENTIFUL IN IDAHO Jg S In the forests of Idaho espe especially r on the reserve there fare billions of ot feet of ot Douglas fir ac according ac- ac cI c- c I cording to S S. S S. S Stewart assistant chief of ot In In district f f i I estry headquarters at Ogden The Thet tree grows abundantly all along tha i I mountains of ot eastern Idaho taking r rI equal equal rank lank with the lodge pole and nd I yellow pine It grows to majestic c size no account bein being taken of trees under a foot in diameter v If the industry of turpentine turpentine P pro production I become a reality on the p P Pa Pacific coast it will undoubtedly d develop I It m in Idaho according to these a author author- t r 5 2 |