14 BULLETIN 552, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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Fig. 4.— Seasoning of hemlock ties at Escanaba, Mich. ; cut in August and September. 
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Fig. 5.— Seasoning of ties at Silsbee, Tex., and Ackerman, Miss.; cut in January and February. 
