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The manufacturing industries for which this study was conducted 

 were: raihvay-car construction and repair, farm machinery and imple- 

 ments, wagons and vehicles, and automobiles. 



The consumption of wood in these industries, compared with the 

 quantities used in 1909 are as follows in board feet : 



Per cent of consump- 

 tion in 1920 as com- 

 1909 1920 pared with that of 1909 



Railway cars* 407,333,000 425,000,000* 104.33 



Farm machinery 



and implements 137,157,000 85,867,313 62.60 



Wagons and 



farm vehicles 35,686,000 28,327,875 79.38 



Automobiles 652,602 14,177,391 2,172.44 



The indicated shrinkage of wood in all manufacturing industries 

 for the state was 23.9 per cent, but hardwood supplies had diminished 

 by 46.49 per cent. Comparing these per cents with the above data, it is 

 seen that the consumption of wood for agricultural machinery and imple- 

 ments, for which purposes hardwoods are largely required, corresponds 

 with the shrinkage in hardwood consumption. One implement manu- 

 facturer sums up the situation by stating, "There are numerous places 

 where wood, if of suitable grade, and at equal cost, would be superior 

 to iron and steel, but on account of the growing scarcity we are sub- 

 stituting iron and steel in places where we really prefer to use wood." 



The distribution of the remainder of the total quantity of wood used 

 in manufacturing among the groups of industries having the largest con- 

 sumption is approximately indicated below. The statements concerning 

 the packing-box industry, planing-mill products, and furniture are based 

 upon the 1909 consumption reduced by the average shrinkage of 22.9 

 per cent applicable to the total for the state. The showing for the rest 



of the list is for 1920. 



Board feet Per cent 



Car manufacture and repairs 425.000.000 30.934 



Packing boxes 286,831.275 20.877 



Planing mill products 171,987,618 12 . 518 



Furniture 63,683,636 4.635 



Farm implements and machinery... 85,867.313 6.250 



Wagons and vehicles 28,327.875 2.062 



Automobiles 14.177,391 1.032 



All other manufactures 298,024.892 21.692 



Total 1.373,900,000 100. Oa 



• Covers repairs also. 



