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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



White and red quartered oak, mahogany, black walnut, red 

 gum, cherry, and Circassian walnut, are employed chiefly as veneer 

 for exterior finish of pianos and organ cases. 



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TANKS, VATS AND SILOS 



Although within the past ten years metal tanks have for a num- 

 ber of purposes replaced the wooden ones such as those on wind- 

 mills and elevated by factories for storage of water, it is generally 

 conceded that the demand for wooden tanks has greatly increased* 

 The brewery and distilling vats of necessity have to be of wood, 

 while silos, which the farmer finds almost indispensible, with the 

 exception of a small percent built of concrete and brick, are entirely 

 made of lumber. 



L/ongleaf yellow pine, cypress, white pine, and redwood from 

 the Paciifc Coast region, are the principal silo regions. Vat staves 

 are made from cypress and white pine as these woods are less liable 

 to affect the taste of food stuff contained in them from which the 

 beverages are being made. 



Water tanks and also cisterns which are placed in attics of 

 suburban and rural residences, were made from cypress, yellow 

 pine, and white pine, the last being the western white pine cut 



