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opinion of some well-informed manufacturers that about five per cent of the total 

 maple cut in the United States is soft maple. The ratio is less in the North and more 

 in the South. The wood is hard, strong, rather brittle, easily worked, pale brown 

 with thick, white sapwood. Some rather large trunks have no sapwood. It is in 

 general use, but not for as many purposes as sugar maple. The largest places found 

 for it are as flooring and woodenware, though furniture and boxes, particularly veneer 

 boxes, consume much. Its weight is three-fourths that of sugar maple. The largest 

 trees and the best wood grow in the lower Ohio valley. 



