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the most, followed by the manufacturers of organs and furniture, using 

 nearly equal quantities, and by 14 other industries demanding varying 

 smaller amounts. 



Table 36. Consumption of Black Walnut, year ending June, 1912. 



SYCAMORE. 

 (Platanus occidentalis). 



Not more than 44 per cent, of the requirements of the Pennsylvania wood- 

 users was drawn from the State-grown sycamore. This is not surprising, as 

 this species is not an important lumber tree in this State. Sycamore's fine 

 grain revealed by rift sawing and its rich color commend its use for cabinet 

 work. It has a coarse, distinct grain, somewhat contorted, and is hard, 

 heavy, stiff, hard to split, moderately strong and durable, difficult to season 

 and to work, and unstable in holding its shape. Forty-two mills report it, 

 but only in small quantities. Probably the most exacting use of this wood 

 in the country at large is for butcher blocks, but in Pennsylvania none of 

 the manufacturers report using it for that purpose. The chair makers de- 

 manded the most that was used, almost 72 per cent, of the total, while 

 the rest was about equally distributed among five other industries, the brush 

 makers being the most important. 



