WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



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Although this industry comes eighth in the list its wood consumption 

 amounts to only 3,989,000 feet board measure, 0-6 per cent of the total. This 

 quantity is made up of five species, four of them being hardwoods. Maple 

 alone forms over 89 per cent of the total. 



The commodities manufactured by the boot and shoe findings industry 

 are: shanks, laps, lasts, pegs, and filler-blocks. 



Cedar wood is used for lasts while filler-blocks are made only of basswood, 

 which is also used for lasts. Maple, birch, and beech are used for lasts, shanks, 

 and laps. Pegs are made exclusively of birch. The bulk of the maple material 

 is turned into last-blocks; because of its hardness it is found very suitable for 

 the purpose. 



Although practically all the material used is hardwood, the average price 

 paid by the boot and shoe findings industry ranks low, only two industries paying 

 less. This is clue to the fact that most of the material is received in the form 

 of round logs. 



The boot and shoe findings industry is one of the four in which all the 

 material used is native to the province, and of these four it is the second in 

 importance in quantity of material. 



The field of trade is Canada and the United States. 



TABLE 4 BOXES AND CRATING 



*Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



The box and crating industry is one of the most important of the province 

 of Quebec, coming third in the list of wood-using industries, with a consump- 

 tion of 73,752,000 feet board measure equal to 10-7 per cent of the total. 



This industry comprises the manufacture of boxes, box shocks, crates and 

 crating, of which the main classes are the following: butter boxes, tobacco 

 boxes, cigar boxes, trunks, shocks, crates, and all kinds of packing boxes used 

 in trade for shipping dry goods and eatables. 



