OF OHIO 



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SPRUCE 



Nine industries show the use of spruce lumber. The eastern 

 wood is listed as spruce because in trade the spruces are not 

 separated. That cut in the Lake states is mostly white spruce as 

 the black spruce in that section is so small that it seldem grows 

 larg-e enough for lumber. The red spruce predominates in the 

 Southern Appalachian region and in the New England states. 

 Sitka spruce is a western tree abounding- principally in Washing-ton 

 and Oregon. On account of the growing- scarcity of the eastern 

 woods it is finding- more and more its way into the eastern markets. 

 The Ohio piano makers use the larg-est amount of Sitka spruce 

 reported for sounding- boards. 



TABLE XXVIII. Spruce 



YELLOW PINES 



There are four species of yellow pine demanded in large 

 quantities by the wood using- industries of Ohio. They are long-- 

 leaf pine, shortleaf pine, loblolly pine, and pitch pine. Twenty-two 

 different industries consume a total of 145,230 973 board feet. The 

 manufacture of planing- mill products alone uses over 42 percent of 

 the total; sash, doors, blinds, and general mill work 21 percent; car 

 construction over 13 percent; and boxes and crates over 9 percent. 

 These four industries demand 124,789,000 board feet or 85 percent 

 of the total. The remaining- 15 percent is divided among- 18 other 

 industries in varied amounts. The average cost for all industries 

 is $25.99 per thousand feet b. m. Only a very small percentage of 

 the total yellow pine used was grown in the State probably not more 

 than 100,000 board feet and that was all pitch pine. The other three 

 species were shipped into the State from the South. The long-leaf 

 pine was used more for construction work while shortleaf pine and 

 loblolly enters into the manufacture of planing- mill products* 



