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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



lumber produced in 1908 in this State, according to figures annually 

 compiled, 50 per cent was converted into finished form ready for the 

 consumer. Yellow pine stands first in Table 1 with 62 per cent of the 

 total quantity of all kinds of woods manufactured, followed by oak with 

 21 per cent, poplar 5.3 per cent, gum 3.2 per cent, white pine 2 per 

 cent, and the other twenty-six species in decreasing amounts. This 

 table shows what percentage of the total quantity grown in and out of 

 the State was supplied by each species. It is interesting to note that of 

 the thirty-two species reported, North Carolina furnished all, or a 

 large part of all, but two. The two foreign woods are mahogany and 

 Circassian walnut. This emphasizes how very important the home sup- 

 ply of lumber is to the people of North Carolina, only 4 per cent com- 

 ing from outside. 



TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIAL 

 GROWN IN AND OUTSIDE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



*Includes imported woods not mentioned. 



