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easily worked, good finish, imitates mahogany: rough or surfaced on 

 two sides, clear, 1 inch thick. Store bins: does not stain or warp; 

 rough, common, 1 inch thick. Veneer cores : soft, easily worked : rough, 

 clear, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



By-products: cores, drawer fronts for desks, rails, small display 

 novelties. 

 Sitka spruce. Oregon; Washington. 



Of total amount of spruce manufactured 0.8 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Drawer bottoms ; flour bins ; pantry fixtures ; shelving principally. 



Flour bins: odorless, tasteless. Shelving: light, soft, strong, tough; 

 rough, clear and select, 1 inch thick. 



By-products: cores, dresser brackets, rails, small turnings, etc. 

 White oak, plain (eastern oak). South; Middle West. 



Of total amount of plain white oak manufactured 1.9 per cent used 

 in this industry. 



Bar, office and store fixtures; filing cabinets; frames and bases on 

 showcases; showcases; showcase moldings; veneered panels. 



Strong, beautiful grain, polishes well. 



Fixture work : rough, clear, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



Filing cabinets : rough, clear, f inch thick. 



Showcases: rough, clear, J and 1 inch thick. 



Showcase moldings : surfaced on two sides, clear, f to 3 inches thick. 



Veneered panels: 69,500 square feet of rough veneer, 1-20, 1-16, -J 

 and 3-16 inch thick, used. 



By-products: apiarists' supplies, moldings; sawdust used in manu- 

 facture of chemically prepared bathroom floors, washboards, sink- 

 boards, etc. ; for stable bedding, and for packing ice ; shavings for 

 stable bedding. 

 American mahogany (tobasco mahogany, East and West South and 



Coast mahogany, Peruvian, Mexican and Honduras Central 



mahogany). America. 



Of total amount of American mahogany manufactured 39.3 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



Bar rails and tops; bottoms and panels of showcases; counter tops.; 

 fixtures; frames and doors of showcases; wall cases. 



Dark color, good figure, finish, rich effects. 



Rough, or surfaced, first and second grade, 1 to 4 inches thick; 

 82,670 square feet of veneer, 1 to 5 ply, 1-20, 1-16, -J, 3-16, f and \ inch 

 thick, used. 



By-products : sawdust for packing ice, stable bedding and manufac- 

 ture of chemically prepared floors, sinks, drainboards, etc. ; shavings 

 for stable bedding ; strips converted into moldings. 



