MASSACHUSETTS WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES. 



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TABLE 13. Horse Vehicles. 



GARDEN AND FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Of the thirteen woods listed in Table 14, nine were supplied wholly 

 or in part by Massachusetts, but what the State furnished was only 

 27 per cent, of the total. The average price paid at home was only 

 70 per cent, of that paid for imported lumber. It is of interest to 

 note that one of the cheapest woods listed in this industry was black 

 walnut, and that the whole supply came from Massachusetts. The 

 quantity was not large, however, and that fact probably accounts for 

 the low price. A small lot of home-grown yellow poplar was bought 

 for $13 a thousand, which was about one-fourth the usual price. 

 This suggests a complaint sometimes made by woodlot owners and 

 farmers who have a few trees. They say it is not always easy to sell 

 small lots of logs, three or four trees, perhaps, because pur- 

 chasers do not care to buy that way; they want carload lots. The 

 owner probably cannot cut that many, and so he must sell at a low 

 price, or not at all. Cases have been reported of farmers burning 



