Washington and Oregon furnish nearly two-thirds of the total 

 quantity. 



Noble fir is one of the minor western species, and more of it 

 is used by the box industry than by any other. The entire amount 

 shown in Table 2 was reported as used by box makers in Oregon. 

 The lumber is cut by sawmills in Washington and Oregon. 



Magnol : a is a wood somewhat resembling yellow poplar and is 

 cut in the southern States; it is used in greatest quantities for 

 boxes in Florida and Louisiana. 



Buckeye is one of the minor species of the central hardwood 

 region and Tennessee box factories use the largest quantities. 



White fir is a minor western species, well suited to the manu- 

 facture of boxes. The greater part of the amount shown in Table 

 2 was used in California and a very small part in Oregon. The 

 largest quantities of white fir lumber are cut by sawmills in the 

 Pacific Coast States and Idaho. 



None of the several kinds of cedar is important as box ma- 

 terial. The eastern red and northern white cedar comprise the 

 greater port'on of the total, while small amounts of southern white, 

 western red and incense cedar are also reported. 



A minor use of redwood is in the manufacture of boxes, and 

 the wood so used is practically all cut and consumed in California. 



Red fir is used to some extent in California for the manufac- 

 ture of boxes. The species is lumbered only in California and 

 Oregon. 



The other species listed in Table 2 are used in small quantities 

 only, and fall into two classes those too valuable .for box material, 

 and a few comparatively scarce species which are fit for but littlt 

 but cheap boxes and crates. Some hickory is employed to make 

 very strong, tough crates for shipping machinery and heavy mer- 

 chandise. The wood of the cucumber tree resembles that of 

 yellow poplar both in appearance and properties and is put to 

 practically the same uses by box manufacturers. Alpine fir is 

 a Rocky Mounta'n species resembling balsam .fir in appearance, 

 properties and uses. Hackberry and silver bell tree are southern 

 hardwoods little used for any purpose. Butternut, cherry, walnut, 

 applewood, and mahogany are too costly to be used for shipping 

 boxes but are made into expensive boxes for jewelry, silverware, 

 and other expensive merchandise. Woods such as ailanthus and 

 mountain ash serve only for cheap boxes or crating. Yucca is a 

 desert palm from Arizona and California and was used in Missouri 

 for bottle packing. 



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