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used, and as in the furniture industry, woods such as yellow 

 poplar, white oak and mahogany are used for visible work, 

 while invisible parts and backs are made from such woods as 

 loblolly and white pine. 



The large use of yellow poplar was probably due to its adap- 

 tability as a finishing wood and partly due to the fact that it 

 can be obtained in wide panels. It will be noticed that two 

 kinds of mahogany are shown in this table, the real mahogany 

 {Sziietenia mahogoni), coming from the West Indies, and the 

 wood called African mahogany. Cargoes of African mahogany 

 usually include several kinds of African woods, which closely 

 resemble the true mahogany. Black cherry, red gum, and 

 sycamore, were used for show cases and fixtures. The black 

 ash was used for fixtures. 



Dairymen's Poulterers' and Apiarists' Supplies. 



A very small industry in the State of Maine, manufactures 

 supplies for dairymen, poultry raisers and apiarists, the princi- 

 pal product being milk can stoppers. The stoppers made from 

 sugar maple, yellow birch, and beech, were turned upon a 

 lathe and the process is rather interesting. The blanks for this 

 purpose are cut first into large squares, about 2 feet long, and 

 the corners are then ripped ofif, so that a cross section is an 

 unequal octagon. This blank goes into a lathe, and is so turned 

 that it comes out resembling a line of stoppers, placed end to 

 end, with the small ends and large ends adjacent. These are 

 sawn apart, smoothed and are then ready for shipment. The 

 stoppers made from white pine are cut out of plank with a band 

 saw. 



