September 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Vehicle Woods from Memphis District 



Two distinct classes of wood are demanded by manufac- 

 turers of vehicles; strong and tough woods for wheels, poles, 

 axles, hounds, and other parts of the running gear; and mod- 

 erately light, fine-grained woods for bodies and panels. The 

 strong woods in most demand are hickory, oak and ash; the 

 fine-grained kinds are more numerous, but yellow poplar, red 

 gum, Cottonwood and tupelo are among the most important. 



An examination of the forest resources of the Memphis dis- 

 trict reveals the fact that these woods are abundant there, and 

 that vehicle makers depend to a larger degree upon that region 

 for material than upon any other single region of the country. 

 Take hickory as an example. The whole sawmill production 

 of this indispensable wood in the United States is placed at 

 86,000,000 feet per year. Of this amount certain southern 

 states are credited as follows: 



ARKANSAS 13,443,000 feet 



TENNESSEE 1 1,933,000 feet 



KENTUCKY 8.708,000 feet 



MISSOURI 5,236,000 feet 



LOUISIANA 3,770,000 feel 



MISSISSIPPI 3,220,000 feet 



ALABAMA 1,019,000 feet 



Total 47,329,000 feet 



This leaves less than half of the hickory supply to come from all the 

 rest of the country. That is, the seven states which are tributary to 

 Memphis furnish more of this highly important vehicle than is furnished 

 by the remaining twenty-six states which are credited in government 

 reports with hickory production. 



The showing is nearly the same with regard to ash, though the 

 proportion supplied by the states named is not quite so high as in the 

 case of hickory. However, these seven states, with Texas added, yield 

 74,000,000 feet of ash a year, while the output of this wood in the 

 whole country is 159,000,000 feet. 



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