WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF QUEBEC 



DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF KINDS OF WOOD 



TABLE I SPRUCE 



*Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



The spruce used is made up mainly of three species , white, black, and red. 

 White spruce (Picea canadensis) and black spruce (Picea mariana) form the 

 larger proportion. Red spruce (Picea rubra) forms a small percentage. It is 

 probable that the greater percentage of the black spruce is used by the wood- 

 pulp industries, but it is impossible to give reliable figures as to the percentage 

 that each species forms of the total. Most manufacturers use the various species 

 of spruce indifferently. Only a few demand a particular species, and even with 

 these it is less the species than the grade which is sought. 



Spruce, on account of its large distribution, its comparatively easy regenera- 

 tion, its adaptability for use in the different industries, and also because of the 

 rapid decrease in the quantity of pine, has now become the most important 

 timber tree of the province of Quebec. In 1915 it formed 53 per cent of the total 

 log production of the forests of the province. In the wood-using industries it 

 exceeds in quantity all the other species together, forming 52-2 per cent of the 

 total wood consumption. 



White and black spruce are found throughout all the wooded regions of the 

 province of Quebec. "White spruce seldom occurs in extensive pure stands, but 

 is generally mingled with hardwoods and black spruce. The red spruce is 

 confined entirely to the southwest portion of the province, and particularly to 

 the district adjoining the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. 



Of the three species, the red spruce is supposed to have the best technical 

 and physical qualities. It has a fine, showy grain and a reddish tinge, and has more 



