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ing the war period. The wood weighs almost forty-five pounds 
per cubic foot, is hard, compact, easy to work and split, moder- 
ately tough, durable, shrinks little in seasoning, and does not 
warp or crack. Burled and other highly figured forms of the 
wood take a beautiful polish. 
There are about seventy-five establishments in the State that 
specialize in the manufacture of fixtures and the industry is 
an important user of several home-grown species, including 
white oak, red oak, chestnut, birch, and white pine. Substitu- 
tion has been general in the industry, the combination of metal 
strips and glass for show cases having become most extensive. 
The fixture industry used only half as much wood as in 1912, 
TABLE 20 
FIXTURES 
Quantity UsEeD 
ANNUALLY sa Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Kinp oF Woop er 1,000 fab: New York. | New York. 
Is a factory (Feet b. m.) | (Fee tb. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Percent 
Motalsses coi. s 10,739,000 | 100.00 | $85 44 $917,587 1,929,000 8,810,000 
Wihiteoak.c<.- 2.4. 2,023,000 18.83 |$135 47 $274,056 120,000 1,903,000 
Yellow poplar....... 1,652,000 | 15.38 | 87 95 145, 303° 5) cee 1,652,000 
(Bch. os, false. dpi 1,585,000 14.82 70 68 102,028 432,000 1,153,000 
Hard maple........ 1,125,000 10.48 27 39 30,814 532,000 593 ,000 
Loblolly pine....... 880,000 | 8.19] 50 49 Ady Atta, ea Ganen’ 880,000 
CGhestnube seis oe. << 600 ,000 5.58 57 27 34,362 120,000 480,000 
Redioak? =). 2.0265. 500 ,000 4.65 65 00 32,500 SOOOOO FT coe ee 
SDEUCE Ss a2 «cis S01. y0i 498,000 4.64 48 10 23,954 75,000 423,000 
Mahogany......... 462 ,000 4.30 | 233 63 LOU 930" eee 462,000 
Douglas fir......... 310,000 2.89 51 84 G5 O70) te cece ae 310,000 
Basswood.......... 210,000 1.96 50 83 10,674 40,000 170,000 
Wihite:pine. s....>. 183,000 1.70 87 99 16,102 42,000 141,000 
Ce 145,000 | 1.35] 55 00 FDIS ect ace ae 145/000 
15 Ua 139 ,000 1.29 | 150 86 20; 970) | eee 139 ,000 
Black walnut....... 123,000 1.15 | 209 09 PAA Tt |e ae se oe 123,000 
Cherry (black)...... 79,000 .74 22 50 aA KEM | Cacao 79,000 
Soft maple......... 75,000 .69 52 00 3,900 25,000 50,000 
Southern yellow pine 72,000 .67 | 197 22 JA ZOO). chard acgaorees & 72,000 
PRED St icsveic eters scree. o's 39,000 .36 32 82 1,280 35,000 4,000 
Buckeyes) ss iae%)» sis). 20,000 18 52 00 1 O40 WM erctate aaron 20,000 
Hemlock soc 5.e% 24 8,000 .07 35 00 280 § OOO antec ss 
Butternut.......... 5,000 04 75 00 SUD) See sete 5,000 
Southern red cedar. . 2,000 .02 | 110 00 220i Werpeetetdevas oe 2,000 
Witehhazel......... 2,000 .02 | 160 00 B20 cose nae 2,000 
Rosewood.........- 1,000 * | 500 00 SOO iWack oe aeeres 1,000 
Circassian walnut... 1,000 * | 800 00 00 jaetoinena aot 1,000 
* Less than 1/100 of one per cent. 
