OF OHIO 



Fig. 5. A white oak and a fine stand of reproduction. 



YELLOW POPLAR 



According to the quantity used, ,the manufacturers demand 

 more yellow poplar than any other wood. Nearly 140,000,000 feet 

 were consumed in 1911. Of this amount Ohio furnished nearly 7 

 percent. Its usefulness can be determined by its distribution among 

 the industries. Thirty out of 35 call for yellow poplar and next to 

 sugar maple it entered into more uses than any other wood pur- 

 chased by the Ohio manufacturers. Its most exacting use is 

 probably for barrel bungs and for that purpose nearly 7 percent of 

 the total used in Ohio is annually required. The planing mills use 

 the greatest amount of it, followed by the box makers, who, accord- 

 ing to the prices shown in the table following, use only the low 

 grades. They paid less than $16 per thousand feet, which was the 

 lowest average price reported for yellow poplar by any of 

 industries. The percent going into each class can be noted in the 



table following. 



In Ohio the yellow poplar tree next to oak is probably the moe 

 important. It is found in all parts of the State standing on rather 

 moist soils along streams. It grows to very large dimensions and 

 in no way related to the true poplars, cottonwood, aspen, etc. Yellow 

 poplar is probably the most common name that the wood bears in the 

 market, but in different localities it goes as tulip tree wood, tulip 

 poplar and whitewood. 



