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ing and warping under varying moisture conditions. The 
manufacture of artificial limbs requires a long period of dry- 
ing, as thick stock is necessary for this use and the drying 
must be sufficiently gradual to prevent checking of the wood in 
the round. The manufacture of artificial limbs is practically 
all hand work and each part must be made to measure. Quite 
a large amount of material is reported as being used in the 
bung trade, and yellow poplar and spruce are the favorite woods 
in this industry. Beech and basswood are the main woods con- 
tributing to the mouse trap industry. Spruce, ash, and maple 
are used for butchers’ supplies, and the hard maple goes mainly 
into built-up butchers’ blocks, because of its white, clean 
appearance and its hardness, toughness, and fine grain. 
Adirondack birch and maple contribute largely to the mop- 
wringer industry. Beech, birch, maple, elm, and basswood are 
used in about equal amounts for the manufacture of reels for 
wire used in conduits. Beech, birch, maple, and elm are utilized 
largely for cores and plugs used in the paper industry. Signs 
and supplies draw upon sycamore, tupelo, and red gum; and 
playground equipment requires yellow poplar, white pine, 
Douglas fir, ash, and basswood. 
The average cost of material lsted in this table is now 
$72.32, as compared with $2.80 in 1912; and the three 
notable increases are in white pine, yellow poplar, and ash. 
It is encouraging to note that the beech, birch, and maple, the 
staple hardwoods of New York, were nearly all obtained within 
the State. On the other hand there is food for serious reflec- 
tion in the fact that in New York, once the home of the white 
pine, it was necessary to import every foot of the 740,000 feet 
consumed. Is not something seriously wrong with our 
economic planning ? 
