FORESTRY WORKERS OF LOUISIANA 



Mrs. Angus Brown (Carrie White) Avery, of Shrcvcport, Secretary o{ the Louisiana Forestry Association 

 and Recording Secretary ol the Woman's National Rivers and Hdibors Congiess (cage 19) 



it is ii"\\ worth a great deal of money: 

 a-h i- al-o quite a factor in wood 



rial, and we have now several large 

 <>ar factories makin.g fine oars and 

 lirri'.m handles, and shipping them to 

 a good many >f our foreign countries. 

 \sh is a No being used for car siding 

 and ceiling, and, when it is polished, 

 mal rv tine finish. Our large for- 



of oak have also sprung into promi- 

 nence IHT<- in the last few years, and 

 oak is now hcing worked into cross-ties 

 and staves, which arc shipped into all 

 foreign countrie-. A good deal of this 

 heavy oak timber ha*- found its way into 



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Panama, to be used in the construction 

 of the great canal. 



Staves cut from white oak of the up- 

 lands are exported through New < >r- 

 leans in enormous quantities to Spain. 

 France, Portugal, and Italy. Staves 

 from red oak are used principally for 

 oil, molasses and whisky barrels. They 

 also furnish excellent spokes for wagon- 

 and carts. AYe have numerous other 

 hardwoods in this state, such as elm, 

 pecan, hickory, hackberry, and syca- 

 more, willow, mulberry, and persim- 

 mon. These woods are usually used for 

 fence posts, tool handles, ax handles, 



