28 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



one-third that of yellow poplar, and one-tenth that of the oak. Its use 

 is chiefly for the inside of furniture and for veneer cores. The average 

 cost per M feet was $14.61 in this industry. 



Seventeen per cent of the total amount of chestnut and the same 

 proportion of the total amount of white pine used for all purposes of 

 manufacture in JSTorth Carolina were used in this industry. Black 

 walnut is not reported in the State by furniture makers, and mahogany 

 is the only imported wood reported, a portion of which was purchased 

 in the form of veneering. The average cost of mahogany delivered at 

 the factory was $159.21 per M feet. 



