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the manufacture, say of handles, turned boxes, and novelties, 

 meaning to include under novelties many articles such as toys 

 and cork caps. 



It is somewhat noticeable that in this industry, paper birch 

 stands in sixth place with yellow birch leading. This is because 

 only a small part of the toys manufactured within the State 

 are turned. A large part of the yellow birch shown in the 

 table was made into toy wagons, and sleds, and sugar maple, 

 basswood, beech and red oak also entered into those articles in 

 large quantities. Much of the white pine went into doll furni- 

 ture, as did small amounts of the two birches, sugar maple and 

 beech. Doll houses, were manufactured from basswood, games 

 from paper birch, basswood, and aspen. A part of the paper 

 birch was manufactured into turned toys. 



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Furniture. 



All kinds of household furniture except chairs and kitchen 

 cabinets are included under this heading. The manufacture of 

 chairs is considered as an industry by itself. Usually furniture 

 factories and chair factories are separate enterprises, and it is 

 seldom that a furniture factory makes chairs or a chair factory 

 makes furniture except in small quantities. Tliere is a further 

 distinction, in that furniture makers usually buy their material 



