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usually to meet the local demand. In Virginia, this demand is exten- 

 sive, owing to the large and varied manufacturing enterprises and many 

 wholesale jobbing concerns and distributing houses located in the 

 several large cities. This class also make packages of special design 

 which are sold and shipped out of the State already assembled. The 

 lock cornered, wire-bound, dovetailed, re-shippers, and the veneer boxes 

 are examples. The second class are those who purchase shocks in 

 stock sizes and make boxes for local demand by merely assembling 

 and nailing the shocks together without changing the form of the wood 

 by any further process of manufacture. These were not asked for 

 information as they do not come within the scope of this study. Fac- 

 tories manufacturing only box shocks make up the third class. From 

 the standpoint cf the quantity of material consumed, the size of the 

 factories, and! tlhe capital invested, this class of 'box makers in Vir- 

 ginia are the most important. They probably produce more shocks 

 than similar manufacturers in other States. The shocks are carefully 

 made so they readily and neatly fit when nailed together, and to facil- 

 itate assembling the box they are systematically bundled. The Vir- 

 ginia shook makers most often purchase their raw material in log form, 

 but some of them buy the low grades of lumber from sawmills. This 

 material if not serviceable for boxes would likely be a total loss and 

 consigned to the burner. 



Virginia leads all other States so far as studied in the amount of 

 wood used for boxes. Seventeen important lumber consuming States, 

 have been studied by the Forest Service, and the following tabulation 

 shows their comparative standing and the three principal woods used 

 for boxes according to quantity. 



