102 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF ABERDEEN AND DISTRICT 
tree to the finished article. The products of some of the Aberdeen 
box and barrel factories can be seen from Land’s End to John o’ Groats. 
CABINET-MAKING AND UPHOLSTERY.—The cabinet-making and uphols- 
tery trade in Aberdeen has always been of considerable importance to 
the town. Before the days of mass production, practically all the furniture 
required in the district was made in local workshops, and even with the 
influx of factory-made goods, there are many people who still prefer 
the home-made article. The various firms in Aberdeen have always 
kept themselves up to date, and it is very often remarked by visitors to 
the city that they see more artistic displays of furniture in Aberdeen 
shops than in almost any other town. 
Recently Messrs. J. & A. Ogilvie, one of the leading manufacturers 
of upholstery in the city, have made considerable developments in the 
manufacture of seating and all classes of furnishings for theatres, cinemas, 
etc., and this promises to be a thriving trade. 
The local firms are faced with great competition from mass-production 
factories from the south, but they seem to be holding their own very well, 
and the number of cabinet-makers and upholsterers in Aberdeen has 
remained very steady for a considerable time past. Messrs. Galloway 
& Sykes, Ltd., another of the leading manufacturers, have added con- 
siderably to their factory and warehouse and have also built extensive new 
premises in Justice Mill Lane, and manufacture all classes of domestic, 
warehouse and office furniture and furnishings. 
CaRDBOARD Boxes.—The cardboard box ‘industry in Aberdeen is 
perhaps not so well known as it might be. Generally when local box- 
makers are asked to quote they can more than hold their own with south 
competition. Besides rigid and fancy boxes manufactured in Aberdeen 
all manner of collapsible boxes, corrugated containers, as well as cartons 
and skillets, are now produced by local firms. This has been made 
possible by the fine spirit shown by numbers of local buyers to purchase 
locally in order to help and stimulate local trade. 
CHEMICALS AND FERTILISERS.— Aberdeen being the centre for a large and 
important agricultural district, superphosphate and other chemical fertilisers 
are manufactured toa very considerable extent by several firms. Sandilands 
Chemical Works, belonging to John Miller & Co. (Aberdeen), Ltd., 
were commenced in 1848, and cover an area of about nine acres. Coal- 
tar products and sulphate of ammonia are manufactured from the residual 
products of various gas works in the district, their main source of supply 
being the Aberdeen Corporation Gas Works. ‘They also make sulphuric 
acid, as well as superphosphate and other fertilisers. In 1929 this 
company, together with other large companies manufacturing fertilisers 
and feeding stuffs all over Scotland, were merged in Scottish Agricultural 
Industries, Ltd., which is an associated company of Imperial Chemical 
Industries, Ltd. The other local companies of Scottish Agricultural 
Industries, Ltd. are John Milne & Co. Ltd., whose works are at Dyce 
in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, and who also manufacture sulphuric 
acid and fertilisers; the Aberdeen Commercial Co., Ltd., a very old- 
established company who are large manufacturers of fertilisers and 
feeding stuffs, as well as extensive dealers in grain ; and Barclay Ross & 
