these the principal were several species of southern pine, and the gums that 

 come chiefly from Virginia and the Carolinas. The total quantity is equiva- 

 lent to 65 per cent, of the total box material used. White pine, chestnut, hem- 

 lock, yellow poplar, and beech were in quantity the principal Pennsylvania 

 woods reported, and cherry, sycamore, and butternut the only kinds re- 

 ported as entirely home grown. Considering the cut of hemlock in the State, 

 the amount used for boxes and crates was disappointing. But in this par- 

 ticular, this report should prove most useful as with the names and addresses 

 of the box makers and of those using lumber for crating the opportunity is 

 given for increasing the home market for the low grades of lumber cut in 

 the State. 



Woods are listed in the table that are rarely used for packing boxes. Their 

 appearance can be accounted for by the fact that they are for novelties which 

 are more or less fancy boxes like sewing cases, for toilet articles, utility 

 boxes, shoe polishing outfits, and those more or less ornamental used in stores 

 for keeping cutlery, jewelry, drugs, etc. 



Table 48. Wood for Packing Boxes and Crates, year ending June, 1912. 



*Less than 1-100 of 1 per cent. 



