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than might be expected of a wood so cross-grained. It is sawed into 

 thin lumber for boxes for shipping coffee and other groceries. It is a 

 substitute for cottonwood and yellow poplar in the manufacture of 

 certain lines of woodenware, notably, ironing boards, rolling pins, potato 

 mashers, and chopping bowls. It is made into interior finish for houses; 

 and furniture manufacturers find many places where it is a serviceable 

 material. Musical instrument makers employ it, particularly as trusses 

 for pianos, and in frames of pipe organs. In Louisiana it is converted 

 into excelsior, and in Mississippi into broom handles, and parts of 

 agricultural implements, particularly hoppers and seedboxes. 



All gums are hard to season, and this one is no exception. It 

 checks badly, but the checks are usually very small. 



