WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



and a large portion of the supply shipped to this country comes 

 from India. This is one of the industries that calls on the State for 

 a good portion of its raw material, about three-eighths of the total 

 amount being grown in Ohio. 



TABLE XLV. Fixtures 



BUNGS 



The Forest Service has made studies similar to this in thirty 

 states. So far Ohio leads in the production of bungs and their 

 manufacture is centered in the city of Cincinnati. When this 

 industry started probably the raw material was obtained within a 

 radius of twenty-five miles. At present nearly the entire amount 

 of material needed is obtained without the State, mainly in Tenn- 

 essee, Kentucky, and West Virginia, and the manufacturers are 

 searching over a wider extent of territory each year to satisfy their 

 demands. 



These commodities are essentially products of but one wood, yel- 

 low poplar. The table shows it furnished over 95 percent of the total, 

 which indicates that its suitability for this line of manufacture is 

 superior to any other wood that has been tried up to date. Yellow 

 poplar is straight-grained, soft, easily worked, strong, and it does 

 not shear easily and contracts evenly, having a very uniform 

 structure, all important considerations in driving the bung. Fur- 

 thermore, its tendency to swell on coming in contact with liquids 



