WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF MAINE. 



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State furnished to the pulp mills 500,280 cords or the equivalent 

 of 250,140,000 feet of spruce. Red spruce is found scattered 

 throughout the entire State, and grows on well-drained uplands 

 and mountain slopes. White spruce grows along swamps, lakes, 

 and streams. Black spruce grows in similar locations, and 

 sometimes in sphagnum bogs. The wood of red spruce is light, 

 soft, strong, and close-grained, but is not durable. It is cut 

 largely for building material and also enters largely into the 



TABLE 4. 



Industries. 



Quantity Usbd 

 Annually. 



Feet. 

 B. M. 



Per 



cent. 



Boxes and crates 



Woodenware and novelties 



Planing-mill products 



Car construction 



Ship and boat building 



Miscellaneous 



Laundry appliances 



Furniture 



Sash, doors, blinds and general 



millwork 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Handles 



Patterns 



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. 



21,873,500 



3,879,000 



3,243,000 



889,000 



854.000 



220,000 



175,000 



75,000 



44,000 



18,500 



18,000 



5.000 



69.90$14 81 

 12.39 22 63 



10.36 



18 43 

 21 67 



27 69 

 29 57 



28 00 

 32 00 



.14 23 02 



.06 19 03 



.06 25 00 



.02 19 00 



$.323,894 50 



101 ,744 00 



,59,755 00! 



19,264 50 



23 .649 00 



6,505 00 



4 ,900 00 



2,400 00 



1,013 00 



352 00 



450 00 



95 00 



19,898,5001 

 3,814,000' 

 2 403,000' 

 889,000 

 714,000 

 120,000; 

 175,000 



1 ,975 ,000 



65,000 



840.000 



140,066 

 100.000 



" '75,006 



Totals 31.294,000 100.00 S17 38 $544.022 00 



44,000 . 



18,5001. 



18,000 . 



5,000 . 



28,099,000 3,195,000 



.Additional figures from 1910 reports of the Bureau of the Census (see appendix). 



manufacture of ships and of boxes. For pulp manufacture it 

 is the most popular wood in this country, and furni.shes nearly 

 6o per cent of all material used by the pulp mills. Next to pulp 

 mills, bo.x factories use the largest amount of spruce. The 

 amount made into woodenware went largely into pie plates, 

 butter tubs, and ladders. 



Norway spruce, an introduced species, is more rapid in 

 growth than the native spruce, and is well adapted for planting 

 for pulpwood on cut-over lands of the Northeast. It will adapt 

 itself within certain limits to situations formerly occupied by 

 the spruce forests, and is in many respects a superior tree. It 



