[Footnote 26: Bul. 108, U.S. Forest Service, p. 36.]

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[Footnote 27: The oaks for some unknown reason fall below the normal strength for weight, whereas the hickories rise above. Certain other woods also are somewhat exceptional to the normal relation of strength and density.]

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[Footnote 28: Bul. 70, U.S. Forest Service, p. 92; also p. 126, appendix.]

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[Footnote 29: See Burke, H.E.: Black check in western hemlock. Cir. No. 61, U.S. Bu. Entomology, 1905.]