March 25. 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Agricultural Implements 



Statistics showing the manufacture of agricultural im- 

 plements in the State of Illinois give a fair idea of the 

 kinds of woods demanded by the industry as a whole. 

 Considerably more than one-third of all the agricultural 

 implements made in the United States are produced in 

 Illinois, the total in that state amounting to 137,000,000 

 feet a year, and for the whole country 320,000,000. 

 Illinois uses 23 principal woods in this industry, and sixteen 

 of these grow in the Memphis region. It is not practicable 

 to determine just what part of the country's total supply 

 of this wood is furnished by the country contiguous to 

 Memphis, but a conservative guess would place it at 

 one-half. '*! 



That is a pretty substantial showing for one region. 

 The supply includes both hardwoods and softwoods, and 

 the country east, west, north and south of Memphis pro- 

 duces these. Oak and hickory are the most important of 

 the hardwoods, but ash, cottonwood, and gum meet a 

 large demand. The yellow pines and cypress rank highest 

 among the softwoods in this industry. Some of the woods 

 are sought because they are strong and tough, others be- 

 cause they are light and take a smooth finish. Both kinds 

 are wanted in certain parts of implements, but little wood 

 is taken at haphazard. It is chosen to meet some particular 

 requirement, and when a wood satisfactory for a special 

 place has been found, it is seldom replaced by a substitute. 



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