COMMERCIAL USES OF SUGAR MAPLE 



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stores and of- 

 f i c e s follows 

 the same gen- 

 eral lines as in 

 furniture and 

 interior house 

 finish ; that is, 

 either as 

 frames or as 

 surface finish, 

 usually as ven- 

 eer. Figured 

 stock is in de- 

 ma n d . The 

 class of fix- 

 tures in which 

 most maple is 

 employed i n - 

 eludes count- 

 ters for banks, 

 stores and 

 libraries ; cab- 

 inets for stores and ticket offices and standing desks, 

 stationary seats and partitions for offices and banks. 

 Rostrums for schools, halls and lodge rooms are often 

 built largely of this wood. 



Laundry appliances constitute an important demand. 

 The drying rack for clothes is an important article, and 

 the frame in which curtains are stretched is another. 

 Maple's strength is responsible for the employment of 

 the wood in laundry machinery, and mangles, by which 

 clothes are smoothed, are made of it because of its hard- 

 ness and its smooth finish. Most clothespins are of beech, 

 yet large numbers are maple. 



Textile mills where three-piece spools are in use depend 

 to a considerable extent on maple for these articles. The 

 ends are often maple, but the central barrel is more ofte.-i 

 basswood or yellow poplar. The small, one-piece spool 



is paper birch. 

 Manufactur- 

 ers of refrig- 

 a n J 

 cabi- 

 which 

 other 

 appli- 



SOME OTHER USES OF SUGAR MAPLE 



Products cut from beech and maple for paint brushes and cheap shaving brushes. 

 from the Fred B. Pierce Company, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 



erators 

 kitchen 

 nets in 

 i c e o r 

 cooling 



ances are em- 

 ployed, con- 

 sume more 

 than 6,000,000 

 feet of maple 

 yearly for 

 frames, inside 

 lining, doors, 

 shelves and ex- 

 terior finish. 



Nearly an 

 equal amount 

 goes annually 

 into the con- 

 struction of cars where it serves in numerous capacities. 

 Stock with fine figure, generally veneer, appears as exte- 

 rior finish for coaches, but most of the maple that goes 

 to car shops is utilized as frames and other hidden parts. 

 It would scarcely be supposed that 5,000,000 feet of 

 maple are consumed yearly by makers of trunks, yet 

 statistics show that such is the case. Some of it appears 

 as slats placed on the outside of the trunk to strengthen 

 it ; some forms trays and compartments within ; and 

 rotary-cut veneer is made into three-ply sheets and bent 

 in the necessary shape to form the body or box of the 

 trunk, which is then covered with canvas, leather or 

 metal. Maple is only one of several woods so used, and 

 in quantity is exceeded by basswood, yellow pine, white 

 pme, hemlock and elm, while eighteen woods are reported 

 in smaller amounts by trunk makers. 



Photo 



READY TO BE TURNED INTO BOBBINS 



In the manufacture of bobbins for use in textile mills woods which turn readily are desired. Sugar maple contributes about equally with beech 



and birch the raw material required for this purpose. 



