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lasts and shanks. The amount credited to bungs and faucets 

 was used for cork caps. 



TABLE 6. 



Industries. 



Quantity Used 

 Annually. 



Feet, 

 B. M. 



Per 

 cent. 



Aver- 

 age 

 cost 

 per 

 1000 



ft. 



Total cost 

 f . 0. b. factory. 



Grown in 



Maine. 

 Feet, B. M. 



Grown out 

 of Maine. 

 Feet, B. M. 



Shuttles, spools, bobbins, etc. . . . 



Laundry appliances 



Boxes and crates 



Furniture 



Boot and shoe findings 



Toys 



Handles 



Dowels 



Planing-mill products 



Ship and boat building 



Woodenware and novelties 



Miscellaneous 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Sash, doors, blinds and general 

 millwork 



Chairs 



Bungs and faucets 



Butchers' blocks and skewers .... 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and apiar- 

 ists' supplies 



Fixtures 



Brushes 



Sporting and athletic goods 



Totals. 



1,853,000 



1,338,000 



1 ,280 ,000 



1,258,500 



1,140,000 



1 ,080 ,000 



838 ,500 



782 ,000 



649,500 



557 ,000 



505 ,000; 



367,500 



361 ,000 



220,000 



151 ,500 



150,000 



70,000 



70,000 

 34 ,000 

 20,000 

 17 ,000 



12,742,500 



14.54 $17 76 

 10.50, 13 16 

 10 04' 14 99 



9.88; 

 8.95 

 8.471 

 6.58! 

 6.14! 

 5.101 

 4.37: 

 3.96i 

 2.881 

 2 83l 



20 54 

 15 88 

 19 94 

 15 58 



15 41 

 23.99 

 23 41 

 22 60 

 18 66 



16 27 



1.73 33 68 



1.19; 19 96! 



1.18] 19 00 



.55' 15 14 



I 

 .55 16 OOl 

 .27j 46 12l 

 .16! 15 00 

 .13j 23 53 



100.00i$18 11 



132,913 OOl 



17 ,604 oo; 



19,190 001 

 25,849 001 

 18,105 OOl 

 21 ,530 00 

 13 ,066 00 

 12,054 00 

 15,580 50 

 13,038 oo: 

 11.412 00] 



6,857 50; 



5,873 50j 



7,410 00; 

 3,024 00; 

 2 ,850 00 

 1 ,060 OOl 



1,120 00' 



1 ,568 001 



300 00 



400 00 



1,853 



1,338 



1,280 



498 



1,140 



35 



838 



682 



478 



529 



352 



202 



361 



,000' 

 ,000 

 ,000 

 ,500 

 ,000 

 ,000 

 ,500 

 ,000 

 ,500 

 ,.500 

 ,000 

 ,500 

 ,000 



$230,804 50 



116,000 



141 ,500 



150,000 



70 ,000 



70, 000 ' 



2,000 



20,000 



12,000i 



760,000 



1,045,666 



106,666 

 171,000 

 27 ,500 

 153,000 

 165 ,000 



104 ,000 

 10,000 



32,000 

 '5,666 



10,170,000 2,572,500 



Sugar Maple. 



The sugar maple is, next to the paper and yellow birches, the 

 most important hardwood of the State. It is widely distributed 

 in the eastern United States, and is most abundant in the Lake 

 States, New York, Maine, and in the Appalachians. It prefers 

 a fresh, well-drained soil, but grows well on almost any rich 

 soil. It is a somewhat slow-growing but a long-lived tree. 

 Sugar maple is well adapted for planting as a filler. Its toler- 

 ance and heavy crown make it one of the best species available 

 for under planting in open forest or plantation to protect the 

 soil. The chief value of the sugar maple for economic planting 

 is as a sugar producer. The sap contains from two to six per 

 cent of sugar. Three to nine per cent of the total sap content 



