WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF MAINE. 8/ 



Forest Service visited those who had not repb'ed, and made 

 special visits to many of the larger plants of the State, in order 

 to complete die statistics and to secure as much first-hand infor- 

 mation as possible. 



The wood-using industries of Maine draw from the forests 

 of the State, and from the adjoining States and Canada, large 

 quantities of .lumber and also secure a considerable amount 

 from the South and from the West Coast. The various species 

 used will be discussed with the idea of indicating their relative 

 importance to the manufacturing interests of the State, and to 

 any program of forest conservation and planting that may be 

 adopted. The amount of each kind of wood required by each 

 industry and the special uses for which the woods are adapted 

 will be shown. Of course, every manufacturer is now using 

 the woods he considers best suited for his purpose, but it is 

 quite possible that in some cases substitutions may be made 

 which will bring into use woods that are now of little value, or 

 which will allow the use of quantities of material now classed 

 as waste. As the manufacturing plants of Maine turn out 

 wooden products ranging in size from shoe-pegs to ships there 

 is an excellent opportunity for the waste from some industries 

 to find use as the raw material for others. 



It is intended that this report shall not only indicate the 

 extent and importance of the wood-consuming industries of 

 the State, but that it shall also assist in a better utilization of 

 forest products. The timber owner who, perhaps, has a small 

 amount of some kind of timber for which he knows no market, 

 can ascertain from the list of wood uses the articles manufac- 

 tured from that wood, and from the directory pick out the 

 firms in his part of the State manufacturing such articles. The 

 manufacturer who is making a product that leaves waste in 

 comparatively large sizes may be able to supply raw material to 

 some other plant which is using the same kinds of wood for 

 smaller articles at a price which will be advantageous to both 

 plants. The more costly the wood, the further its utilization 

 can be carried. 



Annual Production. 



In 1910 the sawmills of Maine produced 860,273,000 feet, 

 board measure, of lumber. More than 42 per cent of this was 



