46 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



Red birch. New England ; Lake States ; Middle West. 



Of total amount of red birch manufactured 3.4 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Couch legs; drawer bottoms; frames and bases of desks and tables; 

 furniture. 



Hard, smooth, strong : finishes to imitate more costly woods, especially 

 mahogany. L 



Rough or surfaced, first and second grade, 1 to 3 inches thick. 



Veneer: some rotary cut: 17,500 square feet, 1 to 3 ply, |, 1-16 and 

 ^ inch thick, used. 



By-products : children 's chairs, desk door front and pulls, footstools, 

 hassocks. 

 Yellow poplar (whitewood). Middle West; South. 



Of total amount of yellow poplar manufactured 5.1 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Cores for veneering ; drawer sides ; furniture. 



Cores: rough, No. 1, 2 inches thick. 



Drawer sides : rough, No. 1, | inch thick. 



General furniture: 22,500 square feet of veneer, -J to ^ inch thick, 

 used. 

 Eastern maple. New England; Lake States; Middle West; South. 



Of total amount of eastern maple manufactured 1.3 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Feet ; legs ; furniture ; tables ; table legs. 



Good figure, easily worked, fine finish. 



Rough, first and second grades, 1 to 4 inches thick; some bird's-eye. 



By-products: strips converted into moldings. 

 Oregon maple. Oregon. 



Of total amount of Oregon maple manufactured 58.6 per cent used 

 in this industry. 



Couch frames; overstuffed furniture entirely covered by goods. 



Hard. 



Rough, first and second grades, 1^ and 1J inches thick. 

 Black walnut. South; Middle West. 



Of total amount of black walnut manufactured 9.6 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



General furniture work. 



Beauty of finish. 



Rough, No. 1 and 2, 1 to 3 inches thick: 500 square feet of veneer, 

 1-16 and -J inch thick, used. 

 African mahogany. Africa. 



Of total amount of African mahogany manufactured 28.2 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



