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entirely home-grown, and in the case of 8 others 90 per cent is 

 local. 



The wood most extensively used is yellow-pine — 422 million 

 feet B. M. or 62 per cent, of the total quantity of all kinds of 

 wood manufactured. It is followed by oak with 21 per cent., 

 poplar 5.3 per cent., gum 3.2 per cent., and white pine 2 per cent. 



The average cost at the factory of all home-grown material was 

 $14.13 per M. feet B. M. The average price of yellow pine 

 varied from $11.94 in the Coastal Plain region to $12.40 in the 

 Piedmont region, and $15.66 in the Mountain region. For the 

 same regions the average prices of oak were $19.80, $18.31 and 

 $10.26, respectively. The least costly wood of all was sycamore 

 in the Coastal Plain region — $7 per M. 



S. J. R. 



A Study of the Massachusetts Wood-Using Industries. By 

 Hu Maxwell of U. S. Forest Service under the direction of F. W. 

 Pane, State Forester of Massachusetts. Boston, Mass. 1910. 

 Pr- 38. 



Manufacturers in Massachusetts convert approximately 550 

 million feet B. M. of rough lumber into finished products annually. 

 This respresents less than half of the wood used in the State for 

 all purposes, including construction, poles, ties, shingles, etc. 

 Twenty different wood-using industries are represented, using 54 

 different woods. 



Of the total amount of timber used only 30 per cent, was grown 

 in the State. The most important species is white pine which 

 furnishes nearly 300 million feet, of which 88 per cent goes into 

 boxes and crates. Though Massachusetts is a white pine State 

 yet 56 per cent, of the pine demanded by its factories comes from 

 other Staces. In fact the State grows only two woods in sufficient 

 j.mounts to supply its manufacturers, and these are little-used 

 speries, — yellow oak and applewood. 



The total cost of the raw material at the factory was $11,692,- 

 J30 an -average of $21.29 P^^ ^ ^^^^ fo^ ^^^ the wood reported. 

 The cheapest wood was locally-cut cottonwood, worth $9 per M 

 in the log at the factory. The most costly woods were mahogany 

 at $251 per M and rosewood at $750 per M. 



The most important wood-using industry is the manufacture of 



