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tailed subdivisions. For that reason it is quite probable that 

 some of the paper birch, which this report Hsts as made into 

 novelties really went into cork caps. 



Although paper birch is the favorite wood for lathe manu- 

 facture, this table indicates that much more silver birch, which 

 is young yellow birch, was used in the manufacture of cork 

 caps. 



TABLE 49. 



Chairs. 



The manufacture of chairs is a much more important indus- 

 try in the States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachu- 

 setts than it is in Maine. This is due to the fact that hardwoods 

 are relatively more plentiful in Vermont, and New Hampshire 

 than in Maine. The chair makers of Massachusetts of course, 

 draw the greater part of their raw material from the forests 



TABLE 50. 



