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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF MARYLAND 



and the amount was very small. This wood has never been of much 

 importance for lumber, though of excellent quality, and its importance 

 will probably grow less in the future because the tree is becoming more 

 valuable for its nuts than for its wood. 



Mnety-six per cent of all the black walnut manufactured in Mary- 

 land was made into interior finish, and not a foot of that made into 

 finish grew in the State. Only two of the woods used were more 

 costly, and they were imported mahogany and Circassian walnut. 

 The quantity of Circassion walnut was comparatively large, and 99 

 per cent of all that was imported was made into finish. In value it 

 is seventh on the list, though in quantity it is thirteenth. 



TABLE 4. Interior Finish. 



FURNTTTTRE. 



Lumber for furniture-making was third on the list in Maryland in 

 quantity and cost. It was 22 per cent of the amount made into in- 

 terior finish, 13 per cent of the box lumber, and 6% per cent of all 

 the wood manufactured in the State. In value it was 29 per cent of 

 box material, 22 per cent of interior finish, and a little less than 9 

 per cent of all the woods reported. The average cost per thousand was 

 nearly $2 more than for interior-finish lumber, but was less than that 



