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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



July 10, 1919 



Holly as Veneer Material 



Source of Supply and List of Manufactured Articles 



HOLLY IS NOT very important as a source of ve- 

 neer, if judged by its total contribution which 

 amounts to about 30,000 feet a year log measure, 

 or 900,000 feet surface measure; but bulk alone 

 scarcely shows its full importance, for it is America s 

 whitest wood and it fills places which cannot be satisfac- 

 torily filled by any other. 



Enough of the wood exists to supply much more than 

 has yet been demanded, it has a range not falling much 



SPECIALISTS IN 

 -DIFFICULT ITEMS- 



We Manufacture 



ROTARY CUT VENEERS 

 THIN LUMBER SPECIALTIES 



BIRCH DOOR STOCK 

 MAPLE PIANO PIN BLOCKS 



YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS 



MUNISING WOODENWARE CO. 



MUNISING, MICH. 



North Wisconsin 



IRON-RANGE 

 HARDWOODS 



The finest and most beautiful 

 Birch, Oak, Basswood, Ash and 

 Elm grown in this country. 



We use this quality stock exclusively for our: 

 ROTARY CUT LOG RUN 

 ROTARY CUT DOOR STOCK 

 ROTARY CUT FURNITURE 

 ROTARY CUT PIANO STOCK 



VENEERS 



ROTARY CUT HOOPS AND LINERS 

 THIN LUMBER SPECIALISTS 



REMEMBER we are specialists in 



LOG RUN VENEERS 



any thickness, any lengths up to 98 in. 



I.cl I 's Figiir 



e on )■()»)• Requirements 



Kiel Woodenware Co. 



KIEL 



WISCONSIN MELLEN 



short of 1,000,000 square miles, but sizable trees are very 

 scarce in most of that territory. Beginning in Massachu- 

 setts, holly follows the coast region to Florida, and west- 

 ward from the coast it runs to Texas and Missouri. The 

 finest timber occurs in Alabama, Tennessee, and North 

 Carolina, and trees about two feet in diameter are not un- 

 usual. If these trees have grown under forest conditions, 

 the trunks are round, smooth, and long, just right for 

 rotary veneer. 



Slightly more than half of the annual production is in 

 the form of rotary cut stock; the rest is sliced; but whether 

 manufactured by one process or the other, practically all 

 of it is reduced to a thickness of one-thirtieth of an inch. 



Rather more holly is cut for lumber than for veneer, 

 the total annual use of all of this w^ood in the United States 

 being 86,680 feet, board measure. That includes the ve- 

 neer. In tracing the wood to its final uses, it is not prac- 

 ticable to separate lumber from veneer, consequently in 

 the list which follows, all are lumped together. The figures 

 show the yearly demand for holly by each of the six in- 

 dustries that use it. 



Wooden ware 60.000 feet 



Brush backs 21 ,000 '" 



Handles 3,580 " 



Athletic goods I ,500 '" 



Doors 500 ■• 



Furniture 1 00 



New York and Ohio furnish most of the holly veneer, 

 and Maryland most of the lumber. The best holly timber, 

 at least the largest, does not grow in those states, and it 

 is assumed that logs are shipped from the South to be man- 

 ufactured in the North. It has been lumbered in North 

 Carolina during more than two hundred years, for John 

 Lawson's "History of Carolina," written in 1714, speaks 

 of the manufacture of dishes from holly trees two feet in 

 diameter. 



Five species of holly are native of the United States, 

 all in the eastern part; but little use is made of any except 

 the common white holly. Berries and leaves have more 

 commercial value than the wood; but the berries of some 

 of the hollies are yellow instead of red, and they are not 

 popular for decorations. The southern Indians and the 

 Spanish settlers in Florida used a "black drink," brewed 

 from holly leaves; and the well-known Paraguay tea, or 

 mate, of commerce is the leaf of a South American holly. 

 Many persons who examine the list of uses given in a 

 foregoing paragraph will be surprised that so little holly 

 goes into furniture. A considerable part of what passes 

 for this wood in furniture must be an imitation, probably 

 soft maple. More holly is worked into billiard cues than 

 into furniture. It is a rather heavy wood, not falling much 

 below white oak in weight. It is hard, strong, and elastic, 

 and as free from figure of all kinds as any wood of this 

 country. 



