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Show Strength of Cedar. The resistance of cedar wood to de cay has long been famous, and cedar fenceposts often last for generations. A remarkable instance of the indestructibility inde-structibility of cedar has been noted the state of Washington, where a forest of hemlocks, near Acme, has grown up over an ancient buried forest for-est of cedars. The trunks of cedar, although lying in a moist soil, have been almost perfectly preserved for at least 150 years, the length of time that the rings of growth ahow the hemlocks to have been growing ab'ovf their fallen predecessor. |