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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



CEDARS 



Two of the cedars shown in the report grow in Ohio. They are 

 red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), and the white or arborvitae 

 ( Thuja occidentalis). The stand of the latter is limited and mostly 

 to the northeastern part of the State where the growth is small and 

 its occurrence infrequent. The red cedar ranges throughout the 

 State. It too is generally a small tree except in the southern tier of 

 counties where it develops large enough occasionally to be cut into 

 lumber. A small quantity was reported as home grown but with 

 that exception the supply of both of these woods come from other 

 States. The best development and the largest supply of the red 

 cedar is towards the south in Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri, 

 and that of the arborvitae in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and 

 Canada. From the slim trunks of the arborvitae more than any 

 other wood in the Lake and New England states, are cut fence 

 posts, telephone poles and crossties. Red cedar in the south is the 

 best for fence posts but its most valuable and exacting use is for 

 pencils and to a less extent for caskets and coffiins, utility boxes, 

 furniture and wardrobe lining. Western red cedar ( Thuja -plicata) 

 known as giant arborvitae abounds only in .the Pacific northwestern 

 states, and is different from the eastern cedars just described in 

 that the trees grow very large. The wood resembles the southern 

 red cedar and it is that species in the northwest that furnishes the 

 cedar shingles that are marketed throughout all the states even in 

 the east. The principal use of the wood in Ohio was first, ship 

 building and then for cornice and porch work and cases in house 

 construction. The superior durability of western red cedar like that 

 of the other cedars mentioned in damp situations and in contact with 

 the soil are, together with the characteristic cedar fragrance, their 

 distinguishing features. 



TABLE XXVII. Cedars 



