WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



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into skewers and picker-sticks. The birch is manufactured into bob- 

 bins, spools, skewers, and picker-sticks. Thirty-one per cent of all the 

 birch manufactured in the State, and 38 per cent of the beech go into 

 these articles. 



TABLE IS. SHUTTLES, BOBBINS, SPOOLS, AND SKEWERS. 



FARMING IMPLEMENTS. 



The manufacturers of farming implements report using 3,391,000 

 feet of lumber annually, which is one-half of 1 per cent of the total con- 

 sumed by all the manufacturers in the State in 1909. Only four woods 

 are reported gum, oak, and white and yellow pine. Seventy-three per 

 cent was red and tupelo gum, which was 10 per cent of all the gum 

 manufactured in the State. Oak is next in quantity used by these man- 

 ufacturers, red oak, white oak, and post oak being reported. The aver- 

 age cost per M feet was $20.18, which was higher than the price paid 

 for oak by the furniture, chair, and table manufacturers. North Caro- 

 lina pine stands third on the list, being less than 10 per cent of the wood 

 used in this industry. The average price for white pine was $54 per M 

 feet, which was the highest price reported in the State for American 

 woods. Table 19 below presents the available statistics : 



TABLE 19. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. 



