OF VIRGINIA 



Virginia's importance as a wood-consuming State, compared with 

 the other States so far studied by the Forest Service, is as follows : 



State Feet B. M. 



Illinois 1,781,536,000 



Arkansas ' 1,361,300,000 



Ivouisiana i,354>954,ooo 



Michigan 1,282,561,200 



Wisconsin 930,382,000 



VIRGINIA 894,441,000 



Texas 762,336,112 



Alabama 726,816,900 



North Carolina 676,166,000 



Mississippi 618,270,000 



Massachusetts 549,320,000 



Missouri 443,273,600 



New Hampshire 422,904,000 



Tennessee 413,878,167 



Kentucky 409,634,000 



Washington 337>555>ooo 



Oregon . '. 296,792,000 



Maryland 284,347,000 



Vermont 206,078,000 



Connecticut 1 10,051,000 



BOXES 



There has been quite an evolution in box making. Not long ago 

 little attention was paid to the character of packages and crates, so 

 long as the wood used was sufficiently strong and cheap. That boxes 

 were made from rough lumber and of material, often unnecessarily 

 thick and heavy, was a matter of little concern. Various widths and 

 several kinds of lumber independent of color often went into the same 

 crate. To-day manufacturers and merchants use care and attempt to 

 show as much character in their packages as they do in other details 

 connected witH business. Woods of uniform color and width, of proper 

 thickness, weight and strength, easily nailed, are selected and made 

 into symmetrical attractive looking packages. By the characteristic 

 .appearance of their box or crate they purpose that the passer may 

 recognize the brand or make of goods contained in it, without further 

 identification. 



There are three clases of box makers. The first class buy rough 

 lumber and manufacture boxes complete ready for use. These are sold 



