.Time 10. 1919 



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Picture Molding 



The manufacture of picture molding is not one of the largest 

 of the wood-using industries of the country, nor is it a small one. 

 More than 65,000,000 Feet of lumber go to that business yearly, 

 and of more than twenty kinds. Molding belonging in this class 

 is not all made into picture and mirror frames; probably less 

 than half of it goes to that use. The kind that is fastened to 

 the walls of rooms, near the ceiling, on which pictures are hung, 

 belongs in this class. Formerly it was customary to drive nails 

 in the walls and from them suspend the pictures, but molding 

 answers that purpose now. 



One requirement is that the wood of which this molding is 

 made must take a good polish. Sometimes it is finished natural, 

 or it may be painted, or enameled. Woods that will answer that 

 purpose are selected. Following are the woods used in largest 

 amounts in this industry. The figures represent the annual con- 

 sumption in feet. 



BASSWOOD 20,340,700 



OAK 1 6,043,423 



RED GUM 7,675,040 



WHITE PINE 5,812,300 



YELLOW PINE 5,498,000 



BIRCH 3,133,700 



YELLOW POPLAR 2,158,814 



CHESTNUT 1.314,650 



BEECH 1,200,595 



Several of these woods are well represented in the Memphis 

 district, but there is room for an increase there in the picture 

 molding business. An abundance of suitable timber is available. 



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