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plished it has come to be a favorite cabinet and finish wood. 

 Maine manufacturers used 30,000 board feet for doors and 

 other products made in sash and door factories, 10,000 board 

 feet for furniture, and smaller amounts for fixtures, house fin- 

 ish, and hand bellows. 



Red Cedar. 



Red cedar grows through the eastern United vStates in a 

 variety of sites, including deep swamps, borders of streams, 

 ridges, and hills, and will thrive on a rather dry loose soil. It 

 occurs in Maine, but is not at all common. The wood is light, 

 soft, brittle, and very durable in contact with the soil. It is 

 used largely for posts, ties, and poles, but its adaptability for 

 the manufacture of lead pencils has in recent years made it 

 almost the exclusive wood for that purpose, and the price paid 

 by pencil makers has restricted its other uses. It is still the 

 wood most used for high grade pencils, but its present scarcity 

 has led to the use of other American woods for the cheaper 

 grades. Forty thousand board feet of cedar were used in the 

 State of Maine in tlie manufacture of chests. 



Cotton Gum. 



Cotton gum, or tupelo, is a tree of the Southern States. It is 

 a swamp tree and usually grows and is cut with cypress. The 

 wood is difficult to season, as it has a tendency to warp and 

 check. It is not durable, and is hartl to split and work. How- 

 ever, when carefully handled it works fairly well and has come 

 into use for a number of purposes. It is largely used in the 

 South in the manufacture of vegetable and fruit boxes. Twen- 

 ty-nine thousand, five hundred board feet were used in Maine 

 in the manufacture of wooden pipe and pumps. 



Black Willozv. 



Black willow is a rather common tree in Maine and is found 

 growing along the banks of streams and lakes. It is a tree of 

 no great commercial importance. The wood is light, soft, and 

 weak. Twentv-five thousand board feet were used in Maine in 

 the manufacture of packing cases and 500 feet in the manufac- 

 ture of artificial limbs. 



