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WOODEIT SHOES 11ADE. 

 IIT THE IT1TED STATES 



In this country beech is tha .favorite natorial for 

 wooden shoes, the nanufae ture of &ich has reached con? iderable 

 proportions in tho United States aAcordin/j. to the d-partnent of 

 agriculture, v-hicli has juet issued a bulletin or. the use of the 

 wood. These shoes, the dep?vr ti^nt says , cott froii 60 to 75 

 certs a pair and are ::ood for tv,*o years. They are ''orn by 

 those Tvho have to work in cold or vet places, such Rfi tanneries, 

 breweries, and lii r ery ctables, and by vorhrien in steel rail] n 

 and .^lass factories who ir t ust valk on hot ^r^te^ or floors. 

 F-irmer s r too, aro classed o,non; the u> "<rs. 



Beech v/ood is put to a very nuch \vider ran;;e of uses 

 than the average person vvould be likely to suc-pect. Tlie d.,pa: -t- 

 inent says beech enters into hundreds of articles f: on hobby- 

 horse rockers to butchers f blocks. We \valk on beech floors, 

 eat off beech picnic plates, carry beech baskets, play with 

 beech toys, sit on beech chairs, end in dozens of other v.'ays 

 use articles Made of beech alnos t every day of our lives. Its 

 freedoM froru taete fits the "'ood especially for ar tides v/hich 

 coi:-e in contact vvith foodstuffs, and beech neat boards, skivers, 

 .IDS, butter boxes, su^ar hojsli.e- 1 ," s, refrij;,-: ato: s , disho:. , 



spoons, and scoops are v/idel v used. 



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