THE STORY OF HEMLOCK 



583 



An Orderly Hemlock Lumber Yard. 

 The boards are %vell piled, assuring that they will air season without warp, curve, split or twist Care 

 in manuiactunng and handling has been largely responsible for the popularity of hemlock lumber 



1 he user gets it in good shape. ' ' 



not always a criterion, or even an index, Each of the foregoing items repre- 



of its uses everywhere ; but when the sents manv uses for hemlock Pianino 



region so selected IS large and repre- mill products, for example, includ? 



sentative It should serve as a reliable ceiling, siding, flooring, and many kinds 



guide. It Ohio IS chosen It makes a good of interior and exterior finish. Thi. 



showing. It IS not a hemlock btate but ^lass of articles consist of lumber 



lies near enough to the regions where ,,rU-u u„ , ,, , , 



4.U- ..• V- .1 ^ 1 r wnicli has passed through a p aner and 



this timber grows to draw freely from • j r • , * r i, '"""' ''"^' 



it. and to provide a good market. The '' '^^^y ^°^ "-^^ .^^^^hout further work, 

 following table outlines the market for ^"^^^P^ "".^'^^ ^^"""^g a"cl fitting as car- 

 hemlock in Ohio : . P^"^^''^ g'^e- It is stuft- that is made 



Feet Used ^°^ ^'^^ general market, and not for 



Indusfrx. Annually, ^'^"^e particular job, and is not made 



Planing mill products 13,g;5,UU0 'According to some contractor's specifica- 



Boxes and crates 1,267,175 tions. The planing mill which turns out 



Machine construction 260,000 flooring, ceiling, and siding is often 



Caskets and coffins 250,000 operated in connection with the saw- 



y\gricultural implements... 207,000 mill which cuts the rough lumber; in 



Furniture 202,000 fact, the two mills are not infrequently 



Ship building 100,000 under the same roof. The planing is 



Car building and repairs. . . 65,789 done primarily to fit the stock for mar- 

 Musical instruments 48,000 ket, but the matter of lessening freight 



Patterns and flasks for foun- on the shipments is also duly consid- 



dries 30,000 ered. The shavings removed from such 



Doors and blinds 30,000 stock decreases the shipping weight sev- 



Tanks and silos 30,000 eral hundred pounds on a thousand feet. 



That item is worth saving ; for the stock 



Total 16,164,964 must be dressed before it can be used. 



