HARDWOOD RECORD 



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hume-growD wood in part, but no industry is wholly supplied witli 

 material grown in the state. There are thirty-five industries in all, 



which are listed below with the quantity of wood demanded yearly 

 by each: 



Ohio Inddstries and Quantity ok Wood Used by Each 



Quantity used At. cost Total 



— annually — per cost 



Per 1.000 f. 0. b. 



Industry— Feet 1>. m. cent. feet. factory. 



I'lanlDg mill products 249,296.495 27.24 $31.51 $ 7,b54,691 



Boies and crates 153,417,273 1B.76 16.89 2,591,034 



Sash, doors, blinds and general 



millwork 110,447.792 12.07 35.32 3,901,146 



Vehicle and vehicle parts 83,691,735 9.36 39.62 3,39.").H3 



Oar construction 56,200,SR3 6.14 31.69 1,780,986 



Furniture 41.226.909 4.50 36.90 1,521,463 



.\srlcultural implements 39,509,200 4.32 29.43 1,162,823 



Haudli s 30.486,733 3.33 27.65 842,991 



Matches 25,OU0.0OO 2.73 34.31 857,730 



Fixtures 13,974.448 1.53 41.28 576,800 



Bungs and faucets 10,084,000 1.10 26.98 272,062 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and 



apiarists' supplies 9,771.000 1.07 25.94 253,422 



Instruments, musical 8,583.100 .94 34.12 292.875 



Tanks and silos 8.440,000 .92 33.45 282.293 



Caskets and coffins 7,940.000 .87 26.42 209,740 



Miscellaneous 7,749,330 .85 31.88 247.028 



Woodenware and novelties 



(toys) 7,076.000 .77 22.82 161,440 



Refriserators ana kitchen cab- 

 inets 5,757,900 .63 27.50 158.321 



Chairs 5.333,500 .58 40.40 215.932 



Machine construction 4,850,851 .53 30.01 143,560 



Cigar boxes 4,733,186 .52 42.47 201,034 



Plumbers' woodworis 4,098,000 .51 30.56 143,555 



Trunks and valises 4.187,340 .45 25.23 104.636 



Laundry appliances 4.001,000 .44 29.24 117,000 



Ship and boat building 3,322.660 .36 39.43 130,997 



Frames and molding 2.809,961 .31 42.01 118,057 



Brushes 2,697.111 .29 19.88 53,622 



Pumps 1,656.230 .18 41.21 68,256 



Patterns and flasks 1,469,200 .16 51.47 75,627 



Equipment, playground 1.450,000 .16 15.31 22,200 



Pulleys and conveyors 892,500 .10 28.84 22,166 



Sporting and athletic goods 811,000 .09 66.39 53,840 



Instruments, professional and 



scientiac 604,000 .07 33.14 20,010 



Elevators 588,000 .06 25.47 14,976 



Saddles and harness 555,000 .06 27.73 15,388 



TotaU 915,272,369 100.00 $30.47 $27,884,839 



Nearly 8,000,000 feet of wood are annually required in the pro- 

 duction of commodities not included in the industries listed above. 

 They were of kinds so various that they do not fall under any of 

 the industries, but are grouped as miscellaneous. Some of the details 

 of this group follow: 



Artlflciai limb manufacturers used only one wood — willow, and the entire 

 supply was cut cutside the state. Umbrella racks made mostly of metal 

 have wooden frames : ash and white oak supplied the material. Hard 

 maple answered for looms of silk and textile mills, the sapwood of red 

 gam for curtain poles and black walnut for gun stocks. The making of 

 coffee mills required yellow poplar and red gum, and money drawers, 

 yellow poplar and white oak, the former for the Inside compartments, and 

 the latter for the exterior. In the breweries to clarify and Alter beer, 

 chips cut from beech are frequently employed and are called brewers' 

 shavings. The manufacture of these in Ohio is not a large Industry but 

 Is worthy of mention. On the other hand, the making of cigar molds, 

 cigar makers' boards and presses is quite an extensive line of manufac- 

 turing in the quantity of wood reported. The molds are made of yellow 

 poplar, basswood. maple and bcecb, while for presses and cigar boards, 

 high grade hard maple alone supplied the demand. A large amount of 

 wood In Ohio is converted annually Into shoe lasts, trees and forms. 

 The two former were practically all made from sugar maple and high 

 grades were used ; for the latter basswood and to a small extent yellow 

 poplar met the demand. The only other product to be mentioned Is farm 

 gates made from red and white oak. 



The woods used in largest amounts in the various industries are 

 given below. The considerations determining the use of a wood are 

 its suitability and availability. Many woods might suit a certain 

 purpose well, yet not be in use because too scarce or too costly. The 

 chief woods in each of the industries in Ohio follow: 



Planing mill products, yellow poplar. 



Boxes and crates, yellow poplar. 



Sash, doors, blinds and general millwork, shortleaf pine. 



pine 



Vehicles and vehicle pans, hlcUory. 



Car construction, longleaf pine. 



Furniture, white oak. 



-Agricultural implements, shorllrnf pine. 



Handles of all kinds, white ash. 



Matches, white pine. 



Store, bank and office fixtures, white oak. 



Bungs for barrels and kegs, yellow poplar. 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and apiarists' supplies 



.Musical instruments, chestnut. 



Tanks, vats and silos, longleaf pine. 



Caskets, coffins and outer cases, white pine. 



Woodenware and novelties, basswood. 



llefrlgerators and kitchen cabinets, re<l gum. 



Chairs, white oak. 



Machine construction, white oak. 



Cigar boxes and tobacco cases, tupelo. 



Plumbers' woodwork, white oak. 



Trunks and valises, basswood. 



Laundry appliances, cypress. 



Ship and boat building, white oak. 



Moldings and picture frames, red gum. 



Brushes, beech. 



Pumps, yellow poplar. 



Playground equipment, white oak. 



Patterns and flasks, white pine. 



Pulleys and conveyors, yellow poplar. 



Sporting goods, hickorj. 



Professional and scientific instninwrTs 



Elevators, longleaf pine. 



Saddles and harness, elm. 



Miscellaneous, yellow poplar. 



White oak has more reported uses in Ohio than any other wood. 

 It is made into 201 separate kinds of articles. Yellow poplar is 

 second in number of uses, followed, in the order named, by sugar 

 maple, red oak, birch and hickory. 



More than 1,400 manufacturing establishments that make articles 

 wholy or partly of wood, furnished reports from which the govern- 

 ment report was compiled. 



voftd. 



Logging Conditions Around Memphis 



Weather conditions have been more favorable than usual through- 

 out the Memphis territory for this time of the year for logging oper- 

 ations, and these have made very good progress. There has been^ 

 some rain but the amount has been considerably below the average. 

 In fact the entire winter has been exceptionally open and those who 

 have had work to do in the woods have suffered Uttle interference on 

 this aceoimt. As a result the amount of timber prepared for later 

 use at the mUls here and elsewhere in the hardwood territory has 

 been rather full. The great trouble, however, has been in securing 

 facilities for the prompt handling of timber. The railroads have 

 offered all the cars necessary and conditions in this respect are in 

 striking contrast with the shortage of cars and lack of motive power 

 noted in other seasons; but this is more than offset by the poor 

 transportation facilities by water. The stage of both the Mississippi 

 and its tributaries has been so low that comparatively Uttle progress 

 has been made in floating out any sort of logs. This condition has 

 borne a little more severely on those owning Cottonwood and gum 

 than on the general hardwood interests of this territory but it has 

 affected the movement of timber of all kinds. 



Cottonwood grows comparatively close to the streams in this sec- 

 tion. It is either on the Mississippi or its tributaries and custom 

 has been that the greater portion of such timber by far has been 

 handled by water instead of by rail. There is a dislike, too, on tho 

 part of owners of gum stumpage to use rail transportation where 

 timber can be handled by water and this inability to make use of 

 the river has interfered to some extent with the movement of gum logs 

 to this centre. A prominent firm which is' engaged in getting out 

 timber in eastern Arkansas is authority for the statement that its 

 work is practically at a standstill because of the low stage of the 

 streams in that section and practically all interests depending on 

 the water as a means of handling timber are finding their receipts 

 somewhat restricted. It may be said, however, that the majority of 

 the mills in this territory are still able to keep in steady operation 

 and further that, if there is anything like a good spring rise, con- 

 ditions with respect to log supply will compare very favorably with 

 the average if indeed they are not even better. 



