MASSACHUSETTS WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES. 



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the home market, and that considerable numbers of boats ready made 

 are shipped in. Available statistics do not, however, confirm or dis- 

 prove this assumption. 



TABLE 11. Ships and Boats. 



REFRIGERATORS. 



Massachusetts grows none of the timber which supplies its manufac- 

 turers of refrigerators. White pine exceeds in quantity all other 

 woods combined in their construction. Yellow poplar furnishes the 

 least, but its price is highest. Refrigerators are like furniture, in 

 the fact that many sold in the State are made elsewhere. This does 

 not apply to large sizes, constructed in place and not meant to be 

 moved. The greater portion of the 3,240,000 feet of lumber reported 

 is used for large refrigerators. 



