Hemlock should be half the price, it will be easily twice the hassle... if the intent is to use the hemlock timbers in a residence, expect the timbers to "blow out"... this is where sections of the surface will lift out of the timber and the checks will in places get pretty wild.... It is better used exterior or in a barn or shed that is not heated too much. Good strong wood if there is not too much shake.

Acutally, our hemlock is not poisonous, it's a shrub of some kind that grows across the pond somewhere that is the poisonous one...