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million feet a year is used for this purpose and this wood is chosen 

 not only for the staves but also for the paddles because more than 

 any other wood it is considered less liable to affect the taste of the 

 contents. For the same reason ash is the leading- wood for butter 

 tubs. Cheese boxes are the only other dairy products made in 

 Ohio. The raw material is purchased in the log- and cut into veneer 

 for the sides and the rims of lids, while the head and the bottom of 

 these boxes are made of a little thicker material, about quarter-inch 

 lumber. A number of woods answer for making' cheese boxes; 

 maple leads all others followed by basswood, soft elm, and yellow 

 poplar; the others were cottonwood, beech, ash, and cucumber, 

 reported in only nominal quantities. 



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Fig. 19. Lumber yard of a manufacturer of bee keepers' supplies. 



The manufacturers of poulterers' equipment require over a 

 million feet of lumber annually. Redwood is the principal species 

 which with cypress goes mainly into incubator cases. , For eg-g 

 trays and other inside work yellow poplar is used and yellow pine, 

 ash, and shortleaf pine for the tops and bottoms of the incubators. 

 Brooder cases are made from yellow poplar and basswood with the 

 bottoms and platforms of shortleaf pine and chestnut, the latter 

 being preferable. In making- portable poultry houses the roof is 

 frequently of chestnut and yellow pine with the sides and frame 

 parts of pine, shortleaf being- the species reported. 



