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State produced only one-fourth of the total amount consumed 
This would seem the finest opportunity possible for the owners 
of New York woodlots to keep within the State nearly $1,500,- 
000 which was paid out to other States for wood used in motor 
vehicles. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 
New York is prominent in the manufacture of agricultural 
implements. The factories cover a broad field of activity, pro- 
ducing general agricultural implements, such as threshers, 
binders, corn cutters, cultivators, drills, ensilage cutters, grain 
cradles, harrows, harvesters, hay loaders, hay racks, hay 
tedders, hay presses, hoppers, lawn mowers, planters, plows, 
spreaders, windmills, ete. This industry is closely related with 
handles and vehicles in that most of the material going into the 
agricultural-implement stock consists of vehicle poles, single 
trees, whiffletrees, or handles for articles such as plows, cultiva- 
tors, and drills, while only the conveying or vehicle parts con- 
sist of wood. The manufacture of agricultural implements in 
the State is extremely important, the amount of wood con- 
sumed being only a small proportion of the raw material used 
in the production of the finished article. The total consump- 
tion amounts to 19,000,000 feet annually and the average price 
paid by the manufacturers $62.83 per thousand feet in 1919. 
About one-third of the raw material is home-grown and the 
various establishments are so generally distributed over the 
State that woodlot owners are in a position to supply the needs 
of factories at their doors without heavy transportation charges. 
The southern pines have superseded maple in first place 
since 1912, relative to quantity consumed. Longleaf pine is 
imported in large quantities for use as implement poles, where 
its strength makes it a desirable material. 
Sugar maple is consumed in larger quantities than any other 
wood except yellow pine, and is used largely for singletrees, 
neck yokes, eveners, drill frames, lawn mower handles, drill 
boxes, and seed boxes of general agricultural implements. Its 
hardness recommends it also for ensilage cutter frames and 
