OF VIRGINIA 



fulness it goes has not been shown by any report prior to this. It is 

 interesting and instructive to ascertain what part of the rough lumber 

 is being kept at home and manufactured into finished commodities, 

 and what part is shipped out of the State in the rough. With Virginia's 

 rich and varied forest resources, is any part of the manufacturer's 

 needs for raw material met by wood grown outside of. the State; and, 

 :'f so, what are the principal kinds and their qualities? While the 

 general and most important uses of various woods are known, this 

 report goes further and points out specific uses and tells the properties 

 of the wood which commend it for these uses. However, it is not the 

 purpose of this study to show what becomes of the entire lumber cut. 

 The portion being sent elsewhere is not taken into consideration here, 

 since its manufacture in other States belongs to studies similar to this, 

 which have been, or will be, made in those States. 



Much of the lumber remaining at home is used in its rough form 

 with no further change than mere trimming and mortising to fit it for 

 the place desired, as in the construction of houses, bridges, tunnel 

 linings, forms, scaffolding, fencing, and walks. This material is not 

 taken into account in this study; nor is any wood not used as raw ma- 

 terial in wood-using factories; hence products such as railroad ties, 

 wire poles, mine props, firewood, piling, fence posts, shingles and 

 laths are excluded. No space is given to commodities shipped into Vir- 

 ginia already manufactured, as, for example, flooring and inside 

 finish from the longleaf-pine States, the Lake States, and West Vir- 

 ginia, vehicles and graphophones from New jersey, white-pine freezers 

 from New England, pianos, from Maryland and Illinois, organs from 

 Massachusetts and Maryland and Vermont, sewing machines from 

 New Jersey and Connecticut, and tanks and farm machinery from 

 various other States. In some instances these ready-made commod- 

 ities may have been made wholly or in part from lumber cut from Vir- 

 ginia forests and shipped out as rough lumber and then brought back 

 after being further manufactured to be sold to the consumer. Ex- 

 amples of this were noted in parquetry flooring, furniture, caskets, 

 coffins, agricultural implements and vehicles. 



The investigative work of this study was done by the Forest Ser- 

 vice, U. S. Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture and Immigration of the State of Virginia. 

 Many of the reports which furnished the data were forwarded by 

 manufacturers directly to the Forest Service in response to inquiries 

 made by mail. The field work consisted in the collection of information 

 by special agents. This required visits to factories throughout the 

 State where not only was sought information as to output but as to 



