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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



The only wooden parts of mop wringers are the rollers. They 

 are made mainly of sugar maple, and some of beech, purchased in the 

 form of squares 17-16x8 inches long. The buckets and tubs to 

 which the wringers are attached are sometimes of metal, but 

 mostly of wood and cypress is the wood most often demanded. 



Reels for garden hose are extensively manufactured in Ohio and 

 each year large quantities of lumber are called for in this line of 

 manufacture. Oak, both red and white, purchased in log-run grades, 

 furnished the principal material. Ladders, especially the sides or 

 uprights, were made of various woods, both hard woods and soft 

 woods. The rungs were entirely of hickory purchased in the form 

 of squares 11-4x1 1-4, 16 to 22 inches long. 



Novelties include so many different kinds of articles that it is 

 difficult to define, and especially to draw the line separating them 

 from woodenware. The general distinction may be made by stat- 

 ing that commodities entitled woodenware are strictly useful and 

 handy around households, while novelties are more or less orna- 

 mental including advertising specialties and products turned out by 

 variety works. Spheres made from basswood and used for 

 geographers globes are among the products of this class in Ohio, 

 likewise coat hangers, necktie rings, carvings, batons, gavels, flag 

 pole tops and emblems, pen racks, etc. Usually hardwoods in 

 expensive grades were required for this line of manufacture. 



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