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the lumber yard the whole four are often simply 'ash.' Turkey 

 Oak, Post Oak, Overcup Oak, Cow Oak, and White Oak all come 

 from the mill as 'white oak.' Texan Oak, Yellow Oak, Willow 

 Oak, and Water Oak blend in the yard as 'red oak', and not one 

 of them is the true Red Oak (Querbus rubra) which is a more 

 northern tree. Three elms go to the saw mill ; one comes out. 

 The same method holds to some extent in the softwoods. The 

 two cypresses are never distinguished apart, and in many lumber 

 yards where three or four pines are stacked side by side, one or 

 two may be recognized. Black Gum and Tupelo are never mis- 

 taken for each other in the woods ; but Black Gum almost in- 

 variably becomes Tupelo if sawed into lumber." 



"The cut of lumber in Louisiana in 1909 was 3,551,918,000 feet 

 board measure. About 2,196,000,000 feet was disposed of in the 

 rough, and the rest was further manufactured. The extent of 

 further manufacture was not the same in all cases. Some of the 

 lumber was simply planed or surfaced, and in that form was sent 

 to market ; other was made into boxes, furniture, finish, vehicles, 

 boats, and other commodities, and thus went, ready for use, to 

 the consumer of those commodities. The total quantity thus 

 manufactured was 1,354,954,101 feet, according to the statistics 

 collected during this investigation, costing when it reached the 

 factories $15,765,458, or $11.64 per thousand feet. 



"This total is made up of a large number of species ; yet of the 

 total quantity of wood manufactured three species contributed 94 

 per cent, and 69 species only 6 per cent. Longleaf Pine supplies 

 50 per cent, of it, Shortleaf 28 per cent, and Cypress 16 per cent. 

 The manufacturers of Louisiana brought in very little wood from 

 other states and countries, only 15,014,102 feet, or a little over 

 one per cent., and it cost $270,304, or less than two per cent, of 

 the total cost." 



Several little-used woods were reported on. Holly is cut 

 occasionally and goes to the brush makers, or is converted into 

 small articles, such as surveying instruments, or small boxes for 

 handkerchiefs and collars. Black Jack Oak serves as repair 

 material for heavy wagons, and sometimes goes into new vehicles. 

 Some of it is made into chairs and other furniture. Chittim-wood 

 and Southern Buckthorn are used for crosscut saw handles, small 

 cabinet work, sometimes for box lumber and fence posts. Honey 



