680 



' AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Union totaling more than ninety-nine per cent of 

 the whole. It is apparent that softwoods fill a 

 decidedly minor place in the industry, only four 

 of them appearing in the list, and not one of them 

 contributing more than half a million feet yearly. 

 The four softwoods and their annual contribu- 

 tions of material for handles are here shown : 



Feet 



Hemlock 500,000 



Douglas fir 247,200 



Cypress 122,000 



Pine 92,000 



Total 961,200 



The number of foreign woods entering into our 



HANDLES FOR SPADING FORKS 



1 , 11 . - 1 :<. ... ,1, ,- 1 - k.,t tUa tntnl cur. These handles are known as the "D" pattern, so named from the form of the end 



nanaie traae is ratner large, dui tne loiai sup- ^ for the hand ln some styles of hand | cs this grip js of wood w hoii y , and in 



nlv ic tint at crr-it ac that rnntrihntpH hv trip c.nft- other* it is partly metal. Short handles only, whether for spades, forks, shovels, 

 ply IS not as great as tnat COntriDUiea Dy ine SOU smopti or oth er tools, have the "D" attachment. 



woods. The eight foreign species, and the 

 amount of each per annum, are here given : 



Feet 



Cocobola 210,000 



West Indies boxwood 37,556 



Mahogany 29,000 



Rosewood 15,456 



Ebony 4,464 



Lignum-vitae 1,500 



Green ebony 985 



Turkish boxwood 225 



HANDLES FOR PUTTY KNIVES 



Some of the knives in this class are equipped with handles of the plainest wood, 

 while others are provided with colored or figured woods, or the handles may be 

 finished with enamel. There is no practical limit to the variety, so far as the 

 kinds of wood, shapes, and finishes are concerned. 



GAUGE LATHE FOR QUICK WORK 



No matter how curved and irregular a handle may be, a lathe can be made with appropriate adjustments 

 to form the handle. It is thus turned true to pattern anil with great rapidity. The lathe represented in 

 the above cut is from the catalogue of the Fay & Egan Company, Cincinnati. 



Total 299,186 



Native woods in the following list furnish the 

 bulk of the handle material in this country. 

 The figures give the yearly production in feet : 



Hickory 120.294,466 



Ash 64,156.872 



Maple 41,238,446 



Reech 16,611,207 



Oak 12,45' 5 ,472 



Birch 9,908.3'0 



Red gum 6.654 310 



Elm 3,060,307 



Basswood 2,285 885 



Cherry 617,500 



Hor beam 415,000 



Red alder 361.7C0 



Yellow poplar 211,900 



Dogwood 190,230 



Applewood 153,400 



Sycamore 156,000 



Black walnut 29,050 



Cottonwood 27,000 



Willow 19,000 



Chestnut , 10,000 



Persimmon 7,000 



Locust 4,000 



Butternut 2,000 



Total 278,954,985 



