Quotes About Longleaf

To early American settlers, the primordial longleaf pine forests of the southeastern United States seemed an inexhaustible resource. Mature trees grew to heights of one hundred feet or more and diameters of as much as two feet

Workers collected crude turpentine, the liquid resin of the longleaf pine, by "boxing": cutting a large, chevron-shaped drainage into a tree with a deep notch below it that collected the liquid, which was then scooped out and barreled.

Some companies with an exemplary record of shutting their own gates are Longleaf, Numeric, Oakmark, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard, and Wasatch.