WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 13 



Eighteen of the woods demanded by the various industries are grown 

 entirely in the State. In the case of eight others, 90 per cent is home- 

 grown, while for only one American species is as much as 50 per cent 

 obtained from other States. 



HOME-GROWN WOODS USED IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



The characteristic growth of the timber, as well as the surface, soil, 

 and other natural conditions, divide the State of North Carolina into 

 three well-known regions, the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont region, and 

 the Mountain region. Table 2 gives the amount in feet consumed in the 

 three regions. Only State-grown wood is considered in this table. The 

 total used by the manufacturers in these regions represents all of the 

 timber grown in North Carolina which goes into finished products. The 

 prices paid for lumber used in these sections, as well as the average 

 price for each kind of wood grown in this State, are likewise shown. 



The Coastal Plain region takes approximately 63 per cent of the 

 yellow pine, while the Piedmont region uses only 36 per cent, and the 

 Mountain region 1 per cent. Ninety per cent of the 140,000,000 feet 

 of oak used in the State is manufactured in the Piedmont region ; 72 per 

 cent of the gum in the Coastal Plain, and none in the Mountain region ; 

 while the Mountain region manufactures most of the spruce and bass- 

 wood, and uses a greater number of kinds than either of the other regions. 

 The manufacturers in the State use a total of 650,153,000 feet a year of 

 this home-grown material at an average cost per M of $14.13. Of this 

 amount, the Piedmont region takes 53 per cent, the Coastal Plain 44 per 

 cent, and the Mountain region 3 per cent. 



It is of as much interest to compare the prices paid in each of the 

 three regions as it is the quantities of material used. Where a wood 

 is indigenous to one region and not to the others, its price is expected 

 to be lower in that region, especially if large amounts of all grades are 

 manufactured. An exception, however, is noted in the case of ash in 

 the Mountain region where it is most abundant, and its price is higher 

 than in the other regions. This difference in price is probably owing 

 to the fact that manufacturers in the different regions demand differ- 

 ent grades of this lumber. 



