 tung oil tung oil ray thu 12082011 2213  tung oil  tung nuts are grown on a tree indigenous to china the name of the tree is derived from the heartshape of its leaves as the chinese word for heart is tung the tung nut tree reaches a height of about 25feet and will produce approximately 2025 pounds of nuts per season the tung nuts are processed to produce a poisonous oil sometimes called  chinese wood oil  which is sold as an industrialuse vegetable oil  the mississippi press p 3a   the refined tung nut oil was used extensively in the manufacture of paints varnishes enamels pulp board and as a waterproofing agent technological advances in the paint industry and damage to orchards severely reduced its demand and production until very recent times when a revival for tung oil was ordained by new environmental regulations once again tung oil is used in the paint and printing industry displacing petroleum distillate compounds which are deemed environmental hazards  the mississippi press november 24 1996 p 4a   in 1905 tung nut trees were imported from china and first cultivated in a cemetery at talahassee florida by 1936 more than half of the 50000acres of domestic tung nut trees were growing in south mississippi the welldrained moist slightly acidic soil of cutover timberlands in the gulf coastal plain of south mississppi made this an ideal region for tung nut tree cultivation  the jackson county times august 22 1936  certain sections of stone and harrison counties were sites of pioneer tung nut cultivation  timeline 1906 the  first tung oil tree in mississippi was planted by aristede hopkins in 1906  on hopkins boulevard the daily herald july 28 1933 p 1  1931 the american tung oil production corporation of new york through their local representative  thomas h hawkes is reported to have established an extensive nursery near carriere mississippi for growing tung trees to be planted in 1931 and 1932  the corporation has secured acreage to establish tung tree groves for 6000 acres of trees from the seedlings produced at the carriere nursery  in addition  lamont rowlands  18771958    an extensive land owner about 10 miles north of picayune mississippi  is reported to be planting 4000 acres of tung tree seedlings here  the daily herald january 28 1931 p 1  1933 biloxi s anthony v ragusin wrote an article on the tung oil industry that was published on february 12 1933 in the memphis commercial appeal newspaper  the daily herald february 15 1933 p 2  1934 lamont rowlands  18771958 of picayune mississippi and a pioneer in the tung oil industry will head a delegation to warm springs georgia in november to make an appeal to president roosevelt to require the federal land bank at new orleansto make loans to farmers desirous of planting tung oil orchards the daily herald october 23 1934 p 8  1935 the great southern hotel at gulfport mississippi was the venue for a meeting held in early april by tung oil growers and promoters the daily herald april 5 1935 p 1  1936 proposed tax on tung oil dropped  the daily herald june 2 1936 p 1  1938 the tung oil planting and milling company inc of new orleans acquired the old smith foundry building on 14th street and 32nd avenue they planned to convert the structure into a plant to process the ting nut and soy beans the daily herald february 2 1938 p 1  1939 sherwinwilliams announced its development of dehydrol  as a substitute for tung oil the product is made from castor oil the daily herald november 17 1939 p 2  1941 in march the first 10000gallon rail tank car of tung oil was shipped from the mill of lo crosby and sons at picayune pearl river county mississippi to a chicago buyer it was planned to ship a similar size tank car every ten days crosby had acquired 100 tons of tung nuts at 60 per ton and had contracted to purchase 1800 tons of nuts tung oil was selling on the new york market for 28 cents per pound the daily herald march 11 1941 p 7  1944 american production of tung nuts increased from 9300 tons in 1939 to 9300 tons in 1943 and the value of the product went from 15 cents per pound to 39 cents per pound in this time period mississippi led the nation with 78200 acres of trees florida had 28250 acres lousiana27900 acres georgia8100 acres alabama3800 acres and texas550 acres the daily herald may 31 1944 p 4    1947 in early may  edward c gay of gulfport mississippi was reelected president of the american tung oil association at its convetion at pensacola florida other officers chosen were samuel s tomlin vicepres atlanta representing the eastern section of the tung belt charles w goodyear jr vice pres bogulsa louisiana representing the western section and marshall ballard jr sec treas lumberton mississippi more than 150 growers and millers from six tung producing states were at the gathering the daily herald may 3 1947 p 1 it was decided at the may 1947 at the pensacola gathering of tung oil growers and millers from alabama georgia flordia mississippi louisiana and texas that the 1948 convention would be held at gulfport mississippi the daily herald may 5 1947 p1  1948 first mississippi produced tung oil began to flow in late january at the american tung oil mill at the landon community situated four miles north of gulfport and near us highway no 49 the plant processed nuts from groves in george greene harrison jackson hancock harrison perry and stone counties in mississippi and mobile and baldwin counties in alabama the daily herald january 29 1948 p 1 and june 2 1949 sec ii p 1  1949 mississippi produced 43600 tons of tung nuts valued at 2834000 a record harvest the daily herald september 5 1952 p 17  1951 cold weather in midmarch resulted in about half o f louisiana s tung nut crop valued at 15 million dollars to have been destroyed mississippi s tung nut crop was not seriouly harmed by the chill the cold snap was the worst to damage the louisiana tung crop since 1939 unofficial government estimates predicted that the 1951 tung crop would double the production of 1950 with mississippi producing 40000 tons louisiana 30000 tons and florida 25000 tons the daily herald march 16 1951 p 1  1952 plan to recruit workers in the tung harvest the daily herald october 4 1952 p 7  1953 mississippi s tung production in 1953 was estimated to be about 100 per cent of 1952 s 60000 tons this unusual repeat was attributed to new tung orchards which were planted with better varieiries developed by the new tung laborotory pearl river county was the salient locus of the new tung orchards the daily herald august 14 1953 p 1  1964 the tung industry was planning their 31st annual meeting  the daily herald september 3 1964 p 6  j riley rankin of poplarville mississippi was named tung oil man of the year  the daily herald september 25 1964 p 9  references  mississippi gulf coast yesterday today 16991939   federal writers project in mississippi works progress administration gulfport printing company gulfport1939 pp 3031 the daily herald   theo bechtel is rotary speakertung oil trees   december 3 1930 p 1 the daily herald   plan tung oil tree expansion   january 28 1931 p 1 the daily herald   tung oil trees   may 1 1931 p 2 the daily herald   show interest in tung trees   january 23 1933 p 3 the daily herald   tung oil article   febuary 15 1933 p 2 the daily herald    will appeal to president   october 23 1934 p 8 the daily herald    importance of tung oil is stressed by us experts   april 5 1935 p 1 the daily herald   plan development of tung tree groves   january 13 1936 p 2 the daily herald    tung production sets new record   october 30 1936 p 2 the daily herald   tung meeting set for coast   december 7 1937 p 1 the daily herald    tung oil group  tung oil planting and milling company of nola  buy building  in gulfport february 2 1938 p 1 the daily herald   mcneil favored for tung oil experiment   may 18 1938 p 5 the daily herald   studying tung oil fields   december 31 1938 p 2 the daily herald    large tung oil shipments move from picayune  march 11 1941 p 7  the daily herald    tung oil becomes 1000000 crop  march 11 1944 p 4  the daily herald   dantzler farm in success community added to district   october 25 1946 p 10  the daily herald   tells of growth of tung oil industry   november 1 1946 p 4 the daily herald   ed gay reelected american tung oil president   may 3 1947 p 1 the daily herald   gulfport to be site of 1948 tung oil convention   may 5 1947 p 1 the daily herald   6000 tung trees reported in harrison county   september 17 1947 p 5 the daily herald   wants antidumping act invoked against tung oil imports   october 27 1947 p 1 the daily herald   new plant produces first tung oil in harrison county   january 29 1948 p 1 the daily herald   colmer introduces tung nut measure   february 13 1948 p 1 the daily herald   tung group scans 8point plan   may 27 1949 p 1 the daily herald   history of tung trees oil told ymbc address   june 1 1949 p 9 t he daily herald   landon tung mill serves 29576 acres of tung treesharrison alone has 2420 acres   june 2 1949 sec ii p 1 the daily herald    louisiana tung crop is heavily damaged   march 16 1951 p 1 the daily herald   tung oil import bill introduced by rep colmer   june 12 1951  the daily herald    mississippi is the largest producer of tung nuts   september 5 1952 the daily herald    plan to recruit workers in the tung harvest   october 4 1952 the daily herald   coast delegation  rep colmer dmiss  asking tung oil imports be barred   march 13 1953  the daily herald   tung crop 80 per cent of last year   august 14 1953 the daily herald   tung support price 5213   october 31 1957  the daily herald    gulfport vegetable oil company2nd largest tung oil producing plant in world   february 25 1959 p 14  the daily herald    tung industry convention edgewater hotelbiloxi is set sept 2829   august 26 1959 p 21  the daily herald   to feature tung oil research at  tung convention edgewater hotelbiloxi   september 19 1960 p 9  the daily herald   tung men want quotas placed on import tung oil   october 24 1961 p 1   the daily herald   tung industry planning 31st annual meet    september 3 1964 p 6  the daily herald   j riley rankin is tung oil man of the year   september 25 1964 p 19  the jackson county times    tung oil trees thrive in jackson county soil   september 7 1929 p 1 the jackson county times    tung oil to be studied at m neil station   august 22 1936 p 1  the mississippi press    tung industry begins revival in state   november 24 1996 p a4  the sun herald   tung oil pays anew   november 1 1998 p h1 3393 views  