. Cedar chests, how to make them. constant need of wood for fuel would soon destroy the slow-growingoaks and other hardwoods, and that 4t would be to our advantage toendeavor to raise some other kind of timber that will grow faster or comesooner. ^The red cedar (a species of juniper) I take to be the most profitabletree for fencing and several other uses that we can raise in our country,considering how easily it may be raised from seeds, its readiness to growon most kinds of soil, its quick growth, the profits it will afford while it isarriving at maturity, and the long duration of the wood wh
. Cedar chests, how to make them. constant need of wood for fuel would soon destroy the slow-growingoaks and other hardwoods, and that 4t would be to our advantage toendeavor to raise some other kind of timber that will grow faster or comesooner. ^The red cedar (a species of juniper) I take to be the most profitabletree for fencing and several other uses that we can raise in our country,considering how easily it may be raised from seeds, its readiness to growon most kinds of soil, its quick growth, the profits it will afford while it isarriving at maturity, and the long duration of the wood when grown toa proper size for the materials we want for our several occasions inhusbandry and building. I know of no other tree that will grow so well onsuch different soils as this will, for upon our sandy beaches, which arenothing but beds of sand, they grow as thick as possible, from whencemany thousand posts for fencing are brought into Pennsylvania and Yorkgovernments, and I have seen, in a great many swamps upon a branch of. Fig. Red Cedar. Longitudinal Section,Magnified 76 times. 12 CEDAR CHESTS the Susquehannah, great trees growing, near 18 inches diameter, 70 feethigh, and very straight. And the inhabitants near the mountains, uponHudson Bay, make a great use of them for making large hovels orbarracks to put their corn in before it is threshed. They will grow well
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