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sell most of their sawdust for smoking, drying, and cleaning purposes, and part 

 of their shavings for packing purposes. 



Cheese box headings are reported as being made to a considerable extent, of 

 slabs. The manufacturers of cheese box sides do not report the manufacture 

 of any by-product. This industry might utilize its small cuttings for fruit 

 crates and baskets. 



Small pieces of wood are utilized by some furniture makers in the manu- 

 facture of toys, children's furniture, and kindergarten sets. 



A proportion of the broom handle manufacturers use small cuttings for 

 making clothes-pins. Most of the matches are made of short pieces of pine, 

 while indurated fibreware is sometimes made of pulp obtained from sawmill 

 waste. 



Many sash and door factories use their material down to very small cuttings 

 in the manufacture of small crates and boxes, picture frames, and skewers. Some of 

 them find it worth while to bale the shavings and sell them for packing purposes, 

 and to sell their sawdust to butcher shops or to stables for litter and for drying 

 purposes or for the manufacture of sanitary sweeping powder. 



Manufacturers of agricultural implements report having a good opportunity 

 for making tool handles, but only a few are taking advantage of it. 



The hardwood flooring factories can save their short pieces for the manufac- 

 ture of railway shims, and their edgings for dowels and rods. The sawdust of these 

 manufactures can be sold for the making of sanitary sweeping powder, for 

 the smoking of meat or for cleaning purposes. There is always a good demand 

 for clean hardwood sawdust. The hardwood planings could be baled and sold 

 for packing purposes. Hardwood shavings make very good packing material. 

 Only a few manufacturers of hardwood flooring have reported the use of their 

 waste, other than for fuel. 



Some cooperage manufacturers find it advantageous to utilize small pieces 

 for the making of small crates and boxes. 



Small pieces are used in the manufacture of rungs, turnings, small sleds, 

 and toys by certain of the wooden ware producers. 



Some makers of vehicles and vehicle supplies utilize the waste for the 

 manufacture of small handles for hammers, hatchets, files, and chisels, and for 

 dowels, and ladder rungs. The sawdust and shavings, which are of hardwood 

 mostly, could be easily sold. A few have reported selling them to farmers for 

 stable cleaning. 



There is no doubt that there are many manufacturers advantageously 

 located who have not yet solved the problem of the more economical handling 

 of the refuse of their factories. The Forestry Branch will always be pleased 

 to give those desirous of improving conditions all available information on the 

 subject. 



