WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



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WOODEN WARE. 



Candy, well, and water buckets, pails, tubs of various kinds, chop 

 bowls, firkins, churns, ironing boards, bread boards, washboards, and 

 other articles pertaining to household use are the principal products of 

 the woodenware manufacturers of North Carolina. Six kinds of woods 

 were reported at an average price of $17 per M. A total of 775,000 

 feet were manufactured, all grown in North Carolina. This industry 

 uses less raw material than any other considered in this study. White 

 cedar, which in North Carolina is commonly but improperly called 

 juniper, headed the list in amount used, and it constituted 24 per cent 

 of the wood demanded by this industry. The white poplar and white 

 cypress noted in the table are known to the local trade by these names, 

 but are in fact only the sap wood of yellow poplar and red cypress. 

 They were recorded in this individual table by these local names in 

 order to indicate to any one desiring to sell raw material for this class 

 of manufactures the kind of wood desired. White cypress is used for 

 confectionery buckets and other packages. It is especially demanded 

 for this purpose, as experience has shown that this wood imparts no 

 taste to the contents of the package. White ash is used for butter tubs 

 and firkins, and 7 per cent of this wood manufactured in the State goes 

 into these products. 



TABLE 27. WOODENWARE. 



