WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 

 TABLE 10 FURNITURE 



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*Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



This is an important industry, coming fifth in the list with a total consump- 

 tion of 19,469,000 feet board measure, or 2 8 per cent of the total. The products 

 manufactured include all kinds of household furniture, school and church 

 furniture, office and store furniture, veranda and steamboat chairs, picture 

 frames, etc. The line between the products of this industry and inside trimmings, 

 included under sash, door and building material, is not very clearly marked, 

 and the material used by both is often difficult to differentiate. There are only 

 a few furniture factories engaged in interior finishing- work, but a large number 

 of sash, door and building material factories make furniture and fixtures. 



The furniture industry uses eighteen kinds of wood; three industries, only, 

 using more. With the exception of three species all are native to Canada. 

 The province of Quebec furnishes 84-5 per cent of the raw material, of which 

 less than 3 per cent is purchased outside of Canada. Canadian woods thus 

 make a good showing in this industry. 



Only three kinds of softwoods are used. Hardwoods form 93 per cent 

 of the raw material consumed. 



Birch, the leading Canadian hardwood, is at the head in this industry, 

 forming 62 7 per cent. Spruce is the leading softwood, comprising 4 2 per cent. 

 Most of the furniture manufactured in Quebec is of medium quality. A large 

 quantity of birch is used in the manufacture of chairs. In general, birch, maple, 

 ash, beech, and elm are used indifferently in framework, which does not show, 

 and in outside parts, which do show. Birch is still used in the form of veneer 



