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(1 washboards. Ironing 



manufacture of ironing boards antl 

 boards were also made from basswood. 



It is quite worthy of note that a rather large quantity of 

 balsam fir was used for the tops of ironing tables, and that a 

 small quantity of white elm was manufactured into wash 

 benches and one thousand feet of aspen into clothes dryers. 



Car Construction. 



In the manufacture of cars two general classes of wood find 

 use. For sills and beams, strength is required, and such woods 

 as red and white oak, and longleaf pine are used. For flooring, 

 siding, and lining of freight cars, woods such as loblolly pine, 

 red spruce, and white and Norway pine, are used. For the 

 finishing of passenger cars, builders select woods v/hich show a 

 pleasing figure and finish nicely and for this, such woods as yel- 

 low poplar and mahogany are generally used. 



The car shops of Maine do a large repair business and build 

 large numbers of freight cars, and some passenger cars. A 

 few of the electric roads do their own repairing. Only half of 

 the demand of the industry is met by homegrown timber. 



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Toys. 



Doll houses, games, toy wagons, sleds and doll furinture are 

 classed as toys. It is probable that complete reports were not 

 secured on all the material going into toys within the State, for 

 the reason that many mills using paper birch as a raw material 

 manufacture a great variety of articles and consequently report 



