factured into boxes is used in the Atlantic Coast States, and is 

 North Carolina pine, which includes loblolly and shortleaf. The 

 States using the largest amounts of all kinds of yellow pine, in 

 order of the quantities they consume, are Virginia, Maryland, New 

 York, Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina. Virginia, Mary- 

 land, New York and Pennsylvania use the largest amount of lob- 

 lolly pine, while Virginia, Pennsylvair'a, New York and North 

 Carolina use the most shortleaf. Longleaf pine is used in largest 

 amounts in Florida, Illinois and Indiana. Virginia and Maryland 

 lead in the use of scrub pine, and New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 

 the use of p : tch pine. Most of the Cuban pine reported is used 

 in Florida. Box makers secure loblolly pine largely from saw- 

 mills in Virginia and North Carolina and shortleaf pine from the 

 same States and also from Arkansas. Longleaf pine comes from 

 the Gulf States while scrub, pitch and Cuban pine are largely cut 

 in the States where they are used. 



Red gum is a single species, although the box trade recognises 

 both sap and red gum, the former coming from the sapwood of 

 large trees or trees that are nearly all sap. The States using the 

 greatest quant'ties of red gum for box manufacture are Missouri, 

 Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia, while the supply comes 

 from the lower Mississippi Valley States. 



Two kinds of spruce are used in large amounts for boxes, 

 in the Eastern States the red spruce, and in the Pacific Coast 

 States Sitka spruce. Red spruce, which is lumbered in New Eng- 

 land, New York, and southward along the mountains, furnishes 57 

 per cent of the total amount of spruce manufactured into boxes, 

 being used chiefly in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

 Maine, New Jersey, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. Sitka spruce 

 cut near the coast in Washington and Oregon furnishes 42 per 

 cent, and is most used in Washington, California and Oregon. 

 Small amounts of black spruce are used in Michigan, Illinois and 

 Wiscons'n, white spruce in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and Engel- 

 mann spruce in Colorado and Montana; these minor spruces grow 

 in the States mentioned with the exception of Illinois. 



Western yellow pine, an individual species, is an important 

 source of box material in the West. About three-fourths of all 

 the western yellow pine manufactured into boxes is used in Cali- 

 fornia. Other States using large amounts are New Mexico, Arizona. 

 Washington and Idaho. This species is lumbered in the Rocky 

 Mountain States and westward. The largest quantities are cut in 

 the three Pacific Coast States and Idaho. 



The term cottonwood includes a half-dozen species, of which 

 the common cottonwood of the lower Miss'ssippi Valley furnishes 

 85 per cent of the total amount used for boxes. The largest 

 quantities are employed in Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, 



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