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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



Basswood. Middle West. 



Of total amount of basswood manufactured 7.8 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Trunk boxes. 



Light; tough. 



Bough veneer, 3 ply, 1-16 and f inch thick. 

 Chestnut. Atlantic States. 



Of total amount of chestnut manufactured 100.0 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Trunk slats. 



Large grain; strong. 



Surfaced, clear, J by 2 inches. 



By-products: small sample cases. 



TABLE 33. TRUNKS AND VALISES. 



VEHICLE AND VEHICLE PARTS. 



Hickory. South ; Middle West. 



Of total amount of hickory manufactured 91.8 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Axle-beds ; axles ; bent stock ; blocks ; bolsters ; felloes ; frames ; gears ; 

 poles; reaches; rims; runs; shafts; sills; singletrees; spokes; spring- 

 bars ; tongues ; truck-stakes. 



Elastic ; light ; strong ; tough ; bends well ; durable. 



Rough, clear, 1 to 4 inches thick, old and second growth. 



By-products : brake and spring blocks, hook and tool handles. 

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



Of total amount of white oak manufactured 2.3 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Auto tops ; auto-top bars ; beds ; bolsters ; brake-blocks ; coupling poles ; 

 doubletrees; felloes; flooring; frames; footboards; gears; hounds; 

 panels; reaches; ribs; sills; spokes; standards; stocks; tongues; wagon 

 bodies; whiffletrees. 





