Show PINE STUMPS WORTH MONEY those left in cut over landa are in demand yield many valuable products increased demand for naval stores and a slight falling off in the supply have together called attention to the value of the stumps left in the fields in cut over lands of the south A washington letter of july 0 told of the result of investigation by clement S vice president of the southern settlement and development organization ga n I 1 bation I 1 in n t lie south atlantic states from which he learned that the stumps left in the fields do not die with the cutting down of the tree but on the contrary continue to draw from the soll soil sa sap p rich with tile the elements of nav naval 1 stor stores from these old stumps may be distilled some twenty or twenty five different products byproducts by including rosin turpentine pine and other oils acetate tar pitch alcohol and others ot liers by one process rosin and paper pulp may be procured other processes leave a residue of valuable char charcoal coak it seems that the destruction by fire of these stumps in the clearing up of the land is uneconomical they can be sold tor for enough to pay for the clearing and leave a surplus so that we may yet see manufacturers of naval stores bargaining with noth the owners of cut over land for the stumps upon it and ex tr acting them themselves |