of employees is a useful measure of industry size (total product output 

 was not obtained ) . The species utilized are directly related to type of in- 

 dustry. Box and shook manufacturers use eastern softwoods; furniture 

 plants use hardwoods; and millwork, sash and door plants use mainly 

 western species. No particular type of industry is limited by size as the 

 distribution shows in Table 4C. Twenty-four small plants use only 12 



Table 4. Number of Industries Based on Employment Size Classes 



percent of the total volume of lumber, while 21 medium-sized plants use 

 59 percent and eight large plants use 29 percent. 



As Table 5 shows, box and shook manufacturers are the largest users 

 of lumber, all of which is eastern softwoods. However, it should be em- 

 Table 5. Volume of Lumber Used bv Industries 



55,840 



53 



phasized that they are not the largest wood-using industries in the state 

 since this study was only a determination of lumber use. Only one box 



