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the same form it is a favorite for trunk boxes and the best trunks are 

 made from it, usually 3-ply stock. Twenty-three of the 36 industries 

 reported using- basswood in large quantities. Among- them the 

 vehicle manufacturers use it for bodies, and pyrographers favor it 

 ahead of any wood for their art. 



TABLE IX. Basswood 



Industry 



Quantity used annually 



Feet b. m. 



Percent 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 ft. 



Boxes and era tes 4 , 333 , 000 



Woodenware and novelties 3,914,000 



Trunks and valises 3,038,340 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and apiarists' supplies 2,270,000 



Furniture 1,558,500 



Sash, doors, blinds and general mill work 1,140,000 



Planing mill products 1, 110,660 



Instruments, musical 1,013,000 



Fixtures 762,300 



Handles 708,385 



Agricultural implements 683,000 



Miscellaneous 630,000 



Frames and molding 572,200 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 427,000 



Car construction 177,982 



Instruments, professional and scientific 150,000 



Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets . 134 , 000 



Laundry appliances 70,000 



Saddles and harness 41,000 



Chairs 40 , 000 



Caskets and coffins 25,000 



Machine construction 25 , 000 



Patterns and flasks 10,000 



Total 22,833,367 



18.98 

 17.14 

 13.31 

 9.94 

 6.82 



4.99 

 4.86 

 4.44 

 3.34 

 3-10 



2.99 

 2.76 

 2.51 



1.87 

 .78 



.31 



$20.13 

 22.69 

 24.73 

 26.55 

 27.17 



27.66 

 26.68 

 38.34 

 25.53 

 23.39 



28.15 

 24.13 

 35.72 

 28.53 

 27.91 



25.86 

 22.80 

 30.00 



28.00 

 26.00 

 35.00 



100.00 



$25.27 



BEECH 



Beech grows throughout Ohio on well-drained situations, mixed 

 with oak, maple, ash and hickory. This tree seems disposed to 

 decay in its later stages and much of the mature timber in the State 

 is not sound. It is quite tolerant of shade and reproduces readily 

 from seed and by sprouts. This as well as the fact that until within 

 comparatively recent years beech was not valuable as timber and 

 was therefore left standing accounts for its presence in nearly every 

 woodlot in Ohio and often to the exclusion of many other more 

 important hardwoods. Some trees are found having a large percent 

 of sapwood which is whitish in color, hence the name in commerce 

 white beech, while the red heart-wood answers to red beech. On 

 account of its dense shade and freedom from disease and insects, 

 beech is a desirable tree for ornamental purposes. Probably its 

 first commercial use was for charcoal, more on account of its abund- 

 ance than any special quality that it possesses, Beech furnishes 



