, th^ Forest Service, U. S, ..r-.v,RT. of Ariculti 



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HOLDING ITS >! ST 



Though at on-- tirae in the 0**rly history of ths country 

 nn average of 6,000 raaplc' tro-'i. WJK destroyed in cl 

 ordinary Icevy "crk or Pennsylvania far; ; i, m&pla is today, accord- 



: d ; . v j cv.ltir -r, O/H oi' ly 



used and "aluabie native h?rclvccc.ij 



bulletin on the ut;e& of r;r,ple , Juft iaeued by tlif* 

 depi rtraent, states thaL the v;ocd finds placo in an enormous 

 nunbcr of article^ in d^ily uce, froK railing l>ino to piano? 

 and organs. It is oiie of thn bet;t v. r oc-di- fo:~ flooring, ?uic : 

 r s a favorite rt*atoriftl for t^i^ floors of iollr skating 

 rinks rind boiling alleys. It l^r-dc p., 11 othp.;. vroode as a 



erial for ?^o- i^sts, tko dejaand for wiiich ift KasK^.chust-tts 

 alone exc^-dx 13 i.i'/'icn bo.rird fec^t nnn^-illy, 



3u t ;a.r majjle stands near the top of the list of fu-- 

 nitu,-e woodL in this country. The .so-crlled "birdL-^ye" 



'-" c 4 . , the do;^a, t cxplr.ins, is probably du ? to buds v.-n : ch 



::i r n riot force their v;ay thro;; ; rh the b*;>. but 

 i.ch ren^.in Ju h it yr-'ar aftei- yer.r. The yoia ^d 



is dioturbud each a i Jding e^aBon by tha pree^nc* of th bud 

 ;Trcvv-s arox;n:l it in 1 ..tic forzas v;hich are expocf n 



the saw cuts, thror-r th$ 'abnormal growth 



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