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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



kinds. Statistics which give the details of fur- 

 niture manufacture in Illinois will show this, 

 and the situation there is typical of the indus- 

 try throughout the nation. In that state furni- 

 ture is divided for statistical purposes in eight 

 classes. The table which follows names the 

 classes in Illinois, shows the annual consump- 

 tion of wood by each class, and the average 

 costs of the rough material delivered at the 

 factories : 

 Kind of furniture Ft. of Lumber Av. cost per M ft. 



Chairs 16,262,000 $41-99 



Tables 8.167,500 41. 11 



Couches 7,826,000 22.11 



Schools 7,800,000 28.06 



Parlor 6,207,666 39.36 



Barber 1,457,000 41-99 



Kitchen 1,150,000 20.57 



Willow and Reed 217,000 Ibs.l2j4 cts. a pound 



THE FOLDING CHAIR 



Immense numbers of folding chairs are 

 made for camps, halls and other places 

 of meeting. Most chairs of that kind 

 are of medium priced woods, rather plainly 

 finished, and they are not intended for 

 show. Others, like opera chairs, are of 

 the finest woods and of the best work- 

 manship. 



trade. The higher grades are 

 generally made in regular furni- 

 ture factories. 



Furniture manufacturers who 

 produce on a large scale, gen- 

 erally concentrate upon certain 



THE DINING ROOM CHAIR OF 

 QUARTERED OAK 



Chair making and furniture making 

 arc often considered as separate in- 

 dustries, because plain chairs are 

 frequently produced in factories 

 which make little else, but it is not 

 necessary to consider the two indus- 

 tries as distinct, for no hard and fast 

 line divides them. There are scores 

 of styles of chain. 



POPULAR FURNITURE FOR OUTDOORS 



There is a growing demand for outdoor furniture for parks, 

 lawns and porches. Swings, chairs, and benches are combined 

 in numerous patterns. For furniture of this kind wood is 

 wanted which will resist decay when exposed to the weather. 

 The swing shown in the accompanying cut is of Douglas fir. 



Clothes chests, movable wardrobes, and other 

 receptacles for clothing, fill places as furniture in 

 modest as well as in costly houses. The woods 

 of which these are made are carefully selected. 

 Fine polish and exquisite carvings are freely 

 bestowed on them, and they display these artistic" 

 touches to excellent advantage. Mahogany, oak, 

 walnut, and cedar are the favorite woods for 

 furniture of this class. Southern red cedar, in- 

 cense cedar, and Port Orford cedar are popularly 

 believed to emit odors which drive away or kill 

 moths and other insects which are liable to in- 

 jure clothing. Because of this belief, the cedar 

 chest has become one of the most extensively 

 used articles of household equipment. The sharp 

 contrasts in the colors of cedar wood when heart- 

 wood, sapwood, and knots are dispersed over 

 the exposed surfaces, are unique and attractive. 

 Cedar is one of the few woods which are the 

 more valuable for chests the more knotty they 



A WELL NIGH UNIVERSAL 

 ADJUNCT 



The little wooden wheel known as a 

 caster is found nearly everywhere that 

 furniture is used and its importance 

 should not be underestimated. Some 

 are of metal, but the best are of wood, 

 and the harder the wood, the better. 

 Lignum-vitae ranks highest, and Tur- 

 kish boxwood is next, but maple, birch, 

 beech, persimmon, and dogwood are 

 satisfactory. 



are. This is true particularly 

 of the southern red cedar. 



QUARTERED OAK ROCKING CHAIR 



Quartered oak differs from other oak prin- 

 cipally in the way it sawed, though the 

 figures of some are much finer than of 

 others. Sawing on radial lines exposes 

 the bright rays to view. The quartered 

 wood shows to best advantage in large 

 surfaces, and only a few woods possess 

 figure that can be so brought out, among 

 such being oak, ash, chestnut and syca- 

 more. 



