2 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The wood-using studies were intended to supplement the annual 

 reports on the consumption of wood for lath, shingles, cooperage, 

 veneer, pulp, distillation, poles, and ties, and these industries there- 

 fore are not covered in this report. 



In the case of Louisiana, Arkansas, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, 

 Washington, and Oregon, the basis for compiling the figures for 

 planing-mill products differs from the general plan of including only 

 planing-mill patterns, in that nearly all dressed lumber, surfaced on 

 from one to four sides, is also included in the figures for these States. 



Figure 1 shows graphically the comparative amounts used by each 

 important industry in each State. 



Figure 2 shows graphically the comparative amounts of each im- 

 portant wood used in each State. 



Table 1 gives detailed figures by industries and shows the amount 

 of each kind of wood used by each industry. 



The scope of the statistics for the industries with titles that are 

 not entirely descriptive is as follows: Planing-mill products cover 

 standard patterns such as flooring, ceiling, and siding made in large 

 quantities by planing mills in lumber-producing regions, while sash, 

 doors, blinds, and millwork usually are made in millwork plants in 

 the consuming regions. However, considerable quantities of doors 

 and door stock are made in the Pacific Coast States. Boxes and 

 crates cover all kinds of packing boxes and crates made of lumber 

 or veneer, and also fruit and vegetable packages and baskets. Car 

 construction covers wooden construction in all types of railroad and 

 electric cars, as well as in locomotives and mine cars. Furniture 

 includes household and office furniture, except chairs, kitchen furni- 

 ture, and fixtures in business buildings. Vehicles take in horse 

 vehicles, automobiles, bicycles, pushcarts, and wheelbarrows. Wood- 

 enware and novelties embrace a thousand or more articles, such as 

 kitchen utensils, wooden dishes, butter and cheese packages, meas- 

 ures, pails, wooden novelties of all kinds, ladders, and supplies for 

 dairymen, poulterers, and apiarists. Fixtures are such as show 

 cases, counters, bars, and lodge and church furnishings. Shade and 

 map rollers include also curtain and rug poles and Venetian blinds. 

 Machine construction means wooden construction in machinery of 

 all kinds. Shoe lasts, pegs, and shanks are boot and shoe findings. 

 Four-sevenths of the wood used for professional and scientific instru- 

 ments went for pencils, the rest for artists', photographers', and 

 draftsmen's instruments, rules, and scientific apparatus. Billiard 

 and pool tables, as well as gymnasium goods and all outdoor sporting 

 goods, come under sporting and athletic goods. Mine equipment 

 includes ventilating apparatus, brattices, breaker equipment, slope 

 rollers, and sprags. Dowels are small rods used in fastening together 

 furniture, fixtures, and doors. Under playground equipment come 

 lawn swings and porch furniture. 



