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Discussion of Industries 
TABLE 17 
WooDENWARE AND NOVELTIES 
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Quantity UsED 
ANNUALLY AYerBEE Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Itinp oF Woop oq 000 f. 0. b. New York. | New York. 
Pp Fa factory (Feet b. ra.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Percent 
Motallae- oxies 2 13,745,000 | 100.00 | $39 94 $548 ,981 9,270,000 4,475,000 
Hard maple, nits bythe eete 4,404,000 32.04 | $31 23 $137 ,537 3,705,000 699 ,000 
Beech. . 2,649 ,000 19 27 27 42 72,636 2,568,000 81,000 
Birch ee cc eee 2,340,000 17.02 28 70 67,158 2,226,000 114,000 
DEUCE. eerie rsteter 1,798,000 13.08 33 42 60,089 75,000 1,723,000 
Basswood.......... 746,000 5.43 59 32 44,254 347 ,000 399 , 000 
White pine......... 435 ,000 3.16 69 16 30 , 085 150 ,000 285,000 
Ash.. a Raabe 235,000 beri 48 65 11,433 106 ,000 129 ,000 
Yellow ‘poplar OO hore 190 ,000 1.38 66 93 TP LGEN E hee eke cd 190} 000 
Loblolly pine. ...... 176,000 1.28 32 00 Sa os i8 || ee Ee a 176,000 
Mahogany......... 131,000 .96 | 250 00 S2aTSOE|s . setae eee 131,000 
Lignum-vitae . 121,000 .88 | 300 00 SGOnSOO Nets Aker. sae 121,000 
Southern yellow pine 100 ,000 .73 | 100 00 a KO}, (01010 i la ee canton 100 ,000 
CWYPLEsSs.\ «stots eee 90 ,000 .65 50° 00 A500 Iith.. Sete 90 ,000 
Buckey@ecm.es- se on 75,000 Atay5) 71 50 DOO sc aetna 75,000 
Douglas firs 2% s-..-0 . 70,000 Roll! 68 00 AC TGQ oe ee 70,000 
Cherry (black)...... 56 ,000 -41 38 13 2,135 56, 0000!) she eee ere 
Wihiteioak....5..... 44,000 Omm aid ala: bye sy: RUS ererene eset 44,000 
1D) beatae RA Re coat 37,000 a7 25 81 955 37000) || nce ae eee 
Chestnutticccprctesne 25,000 18 50 00 Le 2OO ie assets areeeete 25,000 
Black walnut....... 21,000 .15 | 200 00 A200). tac tee 21,000 
Sassatrasevcy: «cer ee 1,000 .O1 21 00 ZA Wess ayy te 1,000 
Arborvitae......... 1,000 .O1 52 00 | 52) lye aoteters Stee 1,000 
HANDLES 
New York, though not a leading State, is an important one 
in the production of handles. The Lake States and other 
central western States have the principal factories of the larger 
well known corporations manufacturing fork, hoe, and axe 
handles. Nearly every large manufacturing establishment has 
need for handle stock in one form or another. A number of 
industries like broom factories and cutlery stock occupy a 
prominent place. Establishments producing farm tools, files, 
saws, cutlery, and other metal implements call for a great 
variety of woods. 
Maple and beech lead all species in the amount of wood con- 
sumed. because the principal handle business from a standpoint 
