3614 



2,000 



ti 1.500 



It! 



Chapter 29 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 

 USED IN THE U. S. FOR 



CONTAINERS 



PALLETS 



Figure 29-1 8B. — Hardwood lumber used annually in the United States in the manufac- 

 ture of containers and pallets, 1928-1977. (Drawing after McKeever and Hatfield J) 



5,000 



4,500 



4,000 



Uj 3,500 



It: 



jN 3,000 



5 2,500 



§ 2,000 



^ 1,500 



1,000 



500 







LUMBER USED FOR 

 CONTAINERS IN U.S. 



1928 1933 1940 1948 i960 1965 1977 



Figure 29-19. — Lumber used for wood containers in the United States, 1928-1977. In 

 1977 about one-third of this lumber was hardwood. (Drawing after McKeever and 

 Hatfield.^) See figures 22-21 AB and 29-18 for data on pallets. 



