5 o FOREST UTILIZATION 



ware; wooden shovels; shoe pegs and lasts; gun stocks;, sad- 

 dle trees; teeth of wooden gear wheels; piano keys and ham- 

 mers; wood split pulleys; framework of machinery; ship build- 

 ing; maple sugar; surveyor's implements; plane stocks; wooden 

 types; faucets; clothespins; charcoal; acetate of lime; wood 

 alcohol. 



Sumach: Tanning; dyeing and dressing skins; Japanese lacquer 

 work. 



Black locust : Police clubs ; fence posts ; insulator pins ; construc- 

 tion work (bridge); turnery; wheelwright work; tree nails 

 (pins); ship building (ribs); hubs of -wheels; house founda- 

 tion. 



Mesquit: Fence posts and rails; used extensively for fuel (de- 

 structive to boilers). 



Black cherry : Fine furniture ; cabinet work ; interior finish ; tool 

 handles ; surveyor's implements. 



Crabapple : Pipes, mallets ; wooden measure rules ; tool handles. 



Witch hazel : Pond's extract. 



Dogwood: Tool handles; spools; bobbins; shuttles; mauls; 

 wheel hubs ; machinery bearings ; engraving blocks. 



Black gum: Heavy (wagon) hubs; rollers in glass factories; 

 mangles; ox yokes; stock of sledge hammers in steam forges; 

 veneers for berry baskets and butter dishes; slack barrels; in 

 cheap furniture, for backing and drawers ; barn flooring. 



Tupelo gum: Chemical paper fibre; slack barrel staves (rotary 

 veneer cut) ; wooden shoes and woodenware; the corky root is 

 used under the name of corkwood for bicycle handles and float- 

 ers of fishing nets. 



Sweet gum : Known in Europe as satin walnut and used for fine 

 furniture and cabinet work, in America for cheap furniture; 

 cheap building lumber; flooring; plug tobacco and cigar boxes; 

 wagon beds; slack barrels; strawberry boxes; veneer cut 

 dishes ; coiled hoops ; street paving. 



Sourwood : Tool handles ; machinery bearings ; sled runners. 



Rhododendron: Bruyere pipes; tool handles; turnery; toys; 

 rustic furniture. 



Persimmon: Bobbins; spools; shuttles; tools; golf club heads; 

 plane stocks; shoe lasts; wood engraving. The black heart is 

 cut into veneers and used for ebony. 



White ash : Wagons and carriages (poles, shafts, frames) ; in- 

 terior woodwork; inner parts of furniture; mantelpieces; sport- 

 ing goods (bats etc.), oars and gymnastic bars; lances; agri- 

 cultural implements; tennis racquets; snowshoes; skis; wooden 

 pulleys; barrel hoops; pork barrel staves; baskets; dairy pack- 

 ings (firkins, tubs etc.) ; tool handles. 



Catalpa : Fence posts ; railroad ties ; telegraph poles. 



Sassafras: Light skiffs; fence posts; rails; cooperage; insect- 

 proof boxes; ox yokes. Roots used to make sarsaparilla. 



