Octiiiici- 10, laio. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Slielves, filing cabinet 

 Shelves, wardrobe 

 Shelves, washstand 

 Sides, wagon body 

 Slats, trunk 

 Stands, skirt board 



Steps, stepladder 

 Tops, filing cabinet 

 Tops, kitchen cabinet 

 Tops, table 

 Tubs, washing machine 



Chestnut 

 This wood does not' grow abundantly in the state, but some is 

 found in the soutliern part. Only one important timber chestnut is 

 native in the United States, the chinquapin, which is much like a 

 chestnut, being the only other species of the group growing in the 

 country. The supply of chestnut lumber comes from the Appalachian 

 mountain region and farther east and north. The cut of this wood 

 by Indiana mills was 758,000 feet in 1913, and for the whole coun- 

 try it was 505,802,000 feet. Indiana factories used more than 19,000,- 

 OOO feet a year, very little of which grows in the state. The wood is 

 rather coarse, very porous, and its figure, which is characteristic, 

 is due to the annual rings. It grows rapidly cither from the 

 sprouts or the seed and trees attain large size. Many old trunks 

 are perforated by boring insects from heart to sap. Lumber so rid- 

 dled is known in the market as ' ' sound wormy ' ' and is wholly satis- 

 factory for many purposes, such as cores or backing for veneer, and 

 ■cloth covered caskets. It is one of the best woods for that use if 

 tlioroughly dry, but chestnut is generally considered a difficult wood 

 to season. It dries slowly. The makers of coffins and caskets lead 

 all other manufacturers of Indiana in their demand, but the pro- 

 <lucers of sash, doors, and general raillwork are not much behind and 

 furniture is a close third. The accompanying table itemizes the 

 demand for chestnut in the state according to industries. 



TABLE 13 — CONSUMPTION OF CHESTNUT 



Quantity used 

 annually 

 Industry Feet b. m. 



Caskets and cof- 

 fins 4.917.S00 



Sasli, doors, blinds 

 and general mill- 

 work 



Furniture 



Musical Instru- 

 ments 



Boxes and crates. 



Machine construc- 

 tion 



Fixtures 



Refrigerators and 

 kitchen cabinets. 



Agricultural imple- 

 ments 



Planing mill prod- 

 ucts 



Frames and 

 moulding, picture 



Miscellaneous .... 



Av. cost Total cost 



per f. o. b. 



1,000 ft. factory. 



I .519.75 $ 97,141 



Grown Grown out 

 In Ind. of Ind. 

 Feet b. m. Feet b. m. 



4,917,800 



4.657,000 

 4.507,042 



3.932,700 

 320.000 



150.000 

 130,000 



101.740 

 100,000 



53,000 



10,000 

 50,000 



24.35 

 23.66 



20.56 



2.72 



.78 

 .08 



.53 



.52 



.05 

 .20 



17.53 

 20.43 



22.10 

 17.88 



17.00 

 19.85 



17.82 



20.00 



36.23 



.-.0.00 

 24.00 



81.615 

 92,098 



86.900 

 9.300 



2.550 

 2,580 



1,813 



2.000 



1,920 



500 

 1,200 



1.5.000 

 65.000 



4,642.000 

 4,442,042 



Total 19.129.282 100,00 .$19.84 $379,617 



3,932.700 

 460,000 



150,000 

 130,000 



101,740 



100.000 



50,000 



10,000 



50,000 



143,000 18,986.282 



3,000 



Backing, desk 



Backing, dresser 



F.ackiDg. furniture 



Backing, sideboard 



Backing, washstand 



Bases, piano 



Boxes, apple 



Cabinet work 



Caskets 



Checks, piano 



■Coffins 



Cores, piano case 



Couches 



•Crates 



Crating 



Curtain poles, enameled 



Desks, ladies' 



Doors 



Dressers 



Ends, piano 



Fall boards, piano 



Fillers, office desks 



Fixtures 



Fixtures, bank 



Fixtures, store 



J'rames, chair 



USES OF CHESTNUT 



Frames, davenport 



Frames, office fixtures 



Frames, picture 



Frames, upholstered chairs 



Fronts, pianos 



Fronts, piano players 



Furniture, bedroom 



Furniture, dining room 



Furniture, office 



Incubators 



Interior frames, office fixtures 



Interior finish 



Molding, picture 



Refrigerators 



Rims, piano 



Rims, piano player 



Shelves, fixtures 



Shelves, piano players 



Showcases 



Tables, extension 



Tables, library 



Tops, piano 



Veneered rolls 



Washstands 



Windows 



Douglas Fib 



between the annual rings. Figure is well displayed in rotary-cut 

 veneer. The chief demand for it in Indiana is for tanks. Five 

 industries report this wood. 



TABLE 14 CONSUMPTION OF DOUGLAS FIR 



Douglas fir lumber is produced in large quantities in Washiug- 

 -ton and Oregon, and in small quantities in other western states. 

 Trees are very large, sometimes exceeding 250 feet in height and eight 

 in diameter. It is the most abundant individual species in the 

 United States, perhaps in the world. In recent years it has been 

 entering the eastern markets in laVge quantities and has proved 

 highly satisfactory. Dry lumber has about three-fourths of the 

 weight of longleaf pine. It has a strong figure, if the log is cut 

 dn certain ways, but the figure is due wholly to the contrasting color 



Cypress 



Cypress is found in a small area of southern Indiana, but the 

 state furnishes only 11,000 feet of the many millions used by fac- 

 tories within its borders. The cut of this wootl in the state by saw- 

 mills is negligible, but the output in the southern states is large, 

 amounting to nearly 1,000,000,000 feet a year. This tree, though a 

 needleleaf species, sheds its leaves in the autumn, for which reason 

 it is called bald cypj-ess. The wood is heavy, hard, strong, and it 

 possesses great durability. It is in much demand for tanks and 

 silos, as well as for general building purposes. Trees attain large size 

 and live to be a great age. It flourishes in deep swamps and on land 

 subject to frequent and prolonged overflow. Few timber trees have 

 suffered less from forest fires, because tracts where it grows are 

 nearly always too wet to burn. Sixteen industries report the use 

 of this wood in the state, as is set forth in the accompanying table: 



TABLE 15 CONSUMPTION OF CYPRESS 



Quantity used 

 annually 

 Industry Feet b. m. 



Sash, doors, 

 blinds and gen- 

 eral millwork. 6.307,500 



Planing mill prod- 

 ucts 4.614.000 



Boxes and crates 2,590,000 



Tanks and silos. 615,000 



Laundry appli- 

 ances 425,000 



Refrigerators and 

 kitchen cabi- 

 nets 224,000 



Vehicles and ve- 

 hicle parts 200,000 



Machine con- 

 struction 160.000 



Caskets and cof- 

 fins 105,000 



Ship and boat 



building 91,000 



Gates and fencing 76,350 



Frames and mold- 

 ing, picture... 35,000 



Furniture 35,000 



Fixtures 15,000 



Pattern. s and 



flasks 15,000 



Agricultural Im- 

 plements 10.000 



Av. cost Total cost 

 per f. o. b. 



% 1,000 ft. factory. 



40.65 $41.65 $262,733 



Grown Grown out 

 in Ind. of Ind. 

 Feet b. m. Feet b. m. 



6,307.300 



29.73 

 16.69 

 3.96 



2.74 



1.44 



1.29 



1.03 



.68 



.58 

 .49 



.23 

 .23 

 .10 



.10 



.06 



38.72 178.640 

 16.69 40.630 

 46.02 28.300 



39.88 



21.09 



43.00 



18.75 



18.10 



51.26 

 45.12 



35.71 

 20.00 

 40.00 



40.00 



45.00 



16.950 



4,725 



8,600 



3,000 



1,900 



4,665 

 3.445 



1.250 

 70« 

 600 



600 



4.50 



1.000 



4.614,000 



2.580,000 



615.000 



425,000 



224,000 



200,000 



160,000 



105,000 



90.000 

 76:350 



35,000 

 35,000 

 15,000 



15,000 



10,000 



Total 



..1,5.517,8.50 100.00 $35.91 $557,190 



USES OF CYPEESS 



Balusters, veranda 



Bottoms, fireless cooker 



Boxes, bottle 



Boxes, packing 



Buckets 



Casing 



Caskets 



Caskets, cloth covered 



Columns 



Columns, veranda 



Corner boards 



Cornice work 



Crating 



Drop siding 



Exterior finish, house 



Floorinf^ 



Flooring, porch 



Frames, door 



Frames, window 



Framing 



Framing, straw stackers 



Gates, farm 



Hatchway gates 



Interior work, kitchen cabinet 



Interior work, office desks 



Lattice 



Moldiug 



.Molding, porch 



Panels 



Patterns, foundry 



Planking, launches 



Planking, row boats 



Planking, tugs 



Porches 



Rails, veranda 



Sash 



Screens, door 



Screens, window 



Siding 



Skiffs 



Slats, gate 



Stair work 



Store fronts 



Tanks, water 



Tanks, sprinkler wagon 



Tubs 



Tubs, washing machine 



Wasliing machines 



