WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



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Yellow poplar (whitewood). Middle West; South. 



Of total amount of yellow poplar manufactured 1.1 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Carved frames and chandeliers. 



Soft; adapted to gilding. 



Rough, No. 1, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



Sugar pine. California. 



Carvings. 



Soft; carves well. 



Surfaced on two sides, clear, to 1J inches thick. 

 Western yellow pine. California. 



Carvings. 



Soft; carves well. 



Surfaced on two sides, common, J inch thick. 

 TABLE 35. WOOD CARVINGS. 



Black cottonwood. Oregon; Washington. 



Of total amount of black cottonwood manufactured 49.9 per cent used 

 in this industry. 



Candy and coffee drums, candy pail covers; pail stock; veneered 

 barrels. 



Light ; fibrous ; odorless ; pliable ; does not split in nailing. 



Stave bolts: rough lumber, or surfaced on one side, clear, 7-16 to f 

 inch thick : rotary cut veneer, J, 3-16 and J inch thick. 

 Sitka spruce. Oregon ; Washington. 



Of total amount of Sitka spruce manufactured 3.3 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Butter tubs ; curtain polas ; pail stock ; step ladders. 



Butter tubs; pail stock: soft, light, strong, odorless, tasteless, 

 especially good container for butter, olives, etc. 



Stave bolts: rough or planed and jointed lumber, clear, select, f to 

 1J inches thick. 



Ladders: light, strong, tough, nails well, not likely to split, stands 

 rain and sun without checking : rough, clear and select, 1 to 1^ inches 

 thick. 



