. Cedar chests, how to make them. ^ in the breaks of theCumberland plateau and in Eastern Tennessee. There was considerable. Fig. 1. Red Cedar and Loblolly Pine ; Occasional Scrub Pine in theBackground. Southern Maryland red cedar also in Southern Virginia, North Alabama and in Georgia, whilesome is found in Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. These belts are still the most reliable source of supply, some of themhaving been cut over a great many times. Second growth, although it isstunted, more knottj^, and contains more sapwood than first growth,finds a market in fence posts and a yerj little in


. Cedar chests, how to make them. ^ in the breaks of theCumberland plateau and in Eastern Tennessee. There was considerable. Fig. 1. Red Cedar and Loblolly Pine ; Occasional Scrub Pine in theBackground. Southern Maryland red cedar also in Southern Virginia, North Alabama and in Georgia, whilesome is found in Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. These belts are still the most reliable source of supply, some of themhaving been cut over a great many times. Second growth, although it isstunted, more knottj^, and contains more sapwood than first growth,finds a market in fence posts and a yerj little in furniture construction. J RED CEDAR 11 DEPLETION OF THE CEDAR SUPPLY The supply of Southern Juniper in this country, both first and secondgrowth, is rapidly being depleted. There is no reason why this conditionshould exist. The early settlers, anxious to clear their lands, destroyed itruthlessly, it is true, yet itlends itself so readily to re-forestation that it is difficultto surmise why steps to main-tain its constant supply werenot taken long ago. Abouttwo hundred years ago, aS w e di s h naturalist, PeterKalm, af


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