Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Tine Needles. [ARTICLE]

Tine Needles.

It having been announced some time since that oil of pine was beneficial In relieving, pulmonary complaints it seems that since then quite an industry has sprung up in Oregon In its manufacture. The oil Is made from pine needles, which are stripped from the trees twice a year. Some of the trees, it is said, yield from 600 to 800 pounds of leaves at each picking, a good hand being able to pick about 500 pounds a day. As soon as picked the leaves are sent to the factory, where the oil is extracted by distillation, ten pounds of oil being produced from two thousand pounds of leaves. The fibre that remains is woven into fabrics and mixed with hair for mattresses. It is also used as a filling for cigars, to which it imparts a pleasant quality. A notable fact connected with the process is that it is considered a benefit to the trees to strip them twice a year. Those engaged in the industry are mostly Germans.