WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



TABLE IV. Yellow poplar 



Industry 



Quantity used annually 



Feet b. m. 



Percent 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 ft. 



Planing- mill products 43,394,080 



Boxes and crates 38,779,666 



Sash, doors, blinds and general mill work 20,324,206 



Bungs and faucets . 9,620,000 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 8,918,884 



Car construction 4,598,715 



Furniture 3,086 703 



Miscellaneous 2,135,000 



Agricultural implements 1,530,700 



Fixtures l,421,m 



Pumps 988,000 



Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets 894 , 987 



Instruments, musical 823 , 000 



Plumbers' woodwork 650,000 



Caskets and coffins 340,000 



Pulleys and conveyors 280,000 



Frames and molding 271,251 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and apiarists' supplies 253,000 



Cigar boxes 246,491 



Machine construction 175,000 



Patterns and flasks 90 , 000 



Sporting and athletic goods 80,000 



Laundry appliances 40,000 



Chairs 40,000 



Ship and boat building 50,500 



Brushes 30 000 



Elevators 15,000 



Trunks and valises 10,000 



Woodenware and novelties 8,000 



Total 139,094,783 



31.20 



27.88 



14.61 



6.92 



6.41 



3.31 



2.22 

 1.53 

 1.10 

 1.02 



.71 

 .64 

 .59 

 .47 

 .24 



.20 

 .19 



.18 

 .18 

 .13 



.06 

 .03 

 .03 

 .04 



.02 

 .01 

 .01 

 .01 



$31.71 

 15.94 

 35.66 

 27.30 

 52.92 



43.50 

 30.43 

 21.53 

 37.38 

 37.42 



48.86 

 22.41 

 45.41 

 17.31 

 26.76 



22.71 

 34.47 

 30.30 



82.85 

 37.71 



35.00 

 22.63 

 25. 0& 

 35.50 

 45.25 



40 00 

 32.67 

 32.00 

 40.00 



100.00 



$29.42 



ASHES 



Nearly 50 percent of the white ash and more than 60 percent of 

 the black ash is demanded annually in Ohio for handles. It goes into 

 long- tool handles such as rakes, hoes, shovels, forks and D handles. 

 The vehicle makers and the car builders come next in demanding 

 this wood, the latter industry uses it for interior finish of cars, 

 especially trolley cars, for which purpose its handsome figure, 

 strength and ability to hold its shape makes it well adapted. Fur- 

 niture makers use it for cheap grades such as kitchen safes and cab- 

 inets, and for butter tubs it is the favorite of all woods because it is 

 considered less liable than any wood to impart a taste to the contents. 

 There are five species of ash growing in Ohio, but it is difficult to 

 distinguish them in the wood. A number of manufacturers use ash 

 indiscriminately, as many of the individual reports indicate, while 

 not a few separate them into two general classes known on the 

 market as white ash and black ash. Twenty-two of the 36 industries 

 in Ohio report using this wood. They are: 



