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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



states. The tree attains to great size. Comparatively a short time 

 ago it was unknown to the Ohio manufacturers but its low price in 

 the regions where it is produced and the excellent quality of its 

 lumber opened a market for it in this State and in the states further 

 east. In many ways its wood is similar to longleaf pine and in Ohio 

 it competes with it and also with oak being eminently suited for 

 construction purposes, for flooring and for inside finish. Nine 

 industries report Douglas fir, the amounts and percent of each are 

 as follows: 



TABLE XXXI. Douglas Fir 



SUGAR PINE 



The sugar pine tree attains fairly large proportions. The 

 height varies from 160 to 180 feet and the diameter from 4 to 7 feet. 

 Like redwood it is found growing in only two states, California and 

 Oregon, the greatest abundance is in the former, extending from the 

 northern to the southern border on the sides of the Sierra Moun- 

 tains. Botanically it bears no relation to western white pine and for 

 that reason the statistics appear under a separate heading. In the 

 wood sugar pine both as to appearance and qualities resembles the 

 western white pine and the white pine from the Lake states and its 

 uses are about the same. The making of sash, doors, blinds and 

 general mill work demanded the largest amount of this wood in 

 Ohio, equal to over 87 percent of all. 



TABLE XXXII. Sugar pine 



