OF OHIO 



the standing chestnut of the country, and until the control of the 

 blight is assured, the advisability of using- it as a planting tree 

 must be passed over. In the days of wood fences chestnut was used 

 more than any other tree for fencing. It is durable in exposed 

 situations and underground, which accounts for its being a favorite 

 for telephone and telegraph poles, railroad ties, shingles, coffiins and 

 caskets. Chestnut was late coming into general use as lumber, and 

 it might be said that it did not come into commercial prominence 

 long before 1900. Since that time its cut per annum has increased 

 four or five fold. The manufacturers of furniture and pianos had 

 much to do with bringing it into favor, demanding it above any wood 

 for veneer backing or cores. Being cheaper than oak and having an. 

 attractive figure, chestnut has become a leading wood for exterior 

 trim and store and office fixtures. It yields more tanning extract 

 than any other wood and with the growing scarcity of tan bark 

 every year more chestnut will go to the extract plants. The wood 

 of the chestnut is light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained and liable to 

 check and warp. The layers of annual growth are marked by many 

 rows of large, open ducts. The color is brown with lighter sapwood. 



TABLE XI. Chestnut 



WHITE PINES 



Though the lumber cut shows that thirteen mills cut white pine 

 in only limited amounts it is not possible to ascertain whether the 

 logs were brought in from other states to the Ohio mills or whether 

 they were cut in the extreme northeastern part of the State where 



