kind of lumber used for .boxes in the whole country. The total 

 amount of wood used annually in the United States for the manu- 

 facture of boxes and the quantity used in each State are shown 

 in Table 1. 



TABLE 1 WOOD USED IN THE U. S. FOR BOXES 

 AND CRATES. 



Quantity used 



annually. 



State. Feet B. M. 



Virginia 433,028,997 



New York -. 390,057,650 



Illinois 389,199,000 



Massachusetts 353,405,350 



California 309,406,285 s 



Pennsylvania 276,587,094 



Michigan 232,111,486 



New Hampshire 200,209,596 



Ohio 153,417,273 



Maryland 144,309,000 



Wisconsin 1 19,267,000 



Kentucky 112,424,500 



Missouri 111,765,699 



Arkansas 110,822,000 



Maine 108,889,400 



New Jersey 102,605,205 



Washington 96,448,500 



Indiana 85,267,160 



Oregon 78,939.000 



Tennessee 77,979,510 



Minnesota 77,854,600 



North Carolina 76,525,000 



Louisiana 56,004,500 



Florida 53,469,000 



Vermont 48,871,060 



Mississippi 39,295,093 



Texas 35,762,125 



Iowa 31,340,476 



Kansas 28,544,500 



Arizona and New Mexico 28,035,000 



Delaware 27,624,173 



Connecticut 24,411,090 



Georgia 24,373,409 



West Virginia 23.837,000 



Alabama 22.442.000 



Rhode Island 15,951,200 



South Carolina : 13,960,000 



Idaho 10,245,000 



Nebraska 6,861,000 



Montana 5,249,927 



Colorado 4,734 000 



Oklahoma 4,389.000 



Nevada and Utah 1,517,000 



District of Columbia 518.655 



North and South Dakota . 18,667 



Total 4,547,973,180 



See Map Page* 8 and 9. 4 



