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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



TABLE 3. SUMMARY BY INDUSTRIES OF WOOD USED IN VIRGINIA. 



Quantity used annually. 



Only two industries, the shuttle block makers and the excelsior 

 factories, procured all their wood from Virginia forests. Seven report 

 using more imported than home-grown lumber. The average cost of 

 material coming from outside in every industry amounted to more than 

 wood purchased from the Virginia sawmills. 



The material whicK went into boxes cost less than that for any 

 other industry except excelsior. The highest average price was paid 

 for lumber used for "patterns" by founclrymen. The ship and boat 

 building material and the lumber going to the makers of store and office 

 fixtures, were the next highest-priced material reported in the order 

 named. The total amount of money paid for raw material by all the 

 industries was more than $15,000,000. 



