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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



Sitka spruce. Oregon; Washington. 



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

 industry. 



Cores in veneered furniture; couch heads; tops on kitchen tables 

 chiefly. 



Couch heads : soft, tough, nails well ; surfaced, select, 1 inch thick. 



Table tops : easily worked, contains no pitch pockets, odorless, taste- 

 less ; rough or surfaced, clear and select, J and 1 inch thick. 



By-products: elevator blocks for wire mattresses. 

 Sugar pine. California. 



Of total amount of sugar pine manufactured 1.0 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Backing ; built-in dressers and sideboards ; carved work ; core stock ^ 

 table frames and tops. 



Light, soft, easily worked. 



Backing, cores : rough or surfaced on two sides, shop grades, f and 1 

 inch thick. 



Dressers, sideboards : rough, all grades, 1 inch thick. 



Carved work : surfaced on two sides, clear, 1 inches thick. 



Table stock: rough, clear and select, 1 inch thick. 

 Redwood. California. 



Of total amount of redwood manufactured 0.3 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Backing and shelves in dressers; bottoms of upholstered furniture; 

 cores for veneered work in legs of heavy mission tables. 



Backing, shelves : soft, easily worked ; rough, medium, 1 inch thick. 



Bottoms: surfaced, select, 1 inch thick. 



Cores: cheap, holds glue well, dries quickly; rough, common, 1 to 4 

 inches thick. 



By-products : strips on chairs and tabourets. 

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



Of total amount of plain white oak manufactured 1.1 per cent used 

 in this industry. 



Bookcases; couch frames; davenports; desks; furniture; mattresses;, 

 sideboards ; table legs and tops. 



Durable, strong, polish, fuming qualities; finishes well in golden 

 fumed and weathered. 



Rough, common for posts and interior work, clear for other uses, 1 to 

 4 inches thick. 



By-products: children's chairs, elevator blocks in wire mattresses,, 

 footstools, hassocks, small moldings ; sawdust used for bedding in 

 stables and litter in butcher shops. 



