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about the same age. In the swamps and bogs spruce, hemlock 

 and larch are found, either pure, together, or in different 

 combinations with lowland hardwoods, such as red maple and 

 the various birches. 



The sizes of the different types vary from reproduction to 1 . 



Mr. C. A. Brooks runs, a sawmill in connection with his 

 handle factory. He cuts per year 45 M board feet of spruce, 

 25 M board feet of hemlock, and 180 M board feet of pine. 

 Nearly all of this lumber is bought in New Hampshire. 



M. E. Converse & Sons own a toy factory, and use the 

 following amount of board feet of lumber per annum: white 

 pine, 1,000 M; chestnut, 250 to 300 M; basswood, 75 M; 

 red gum, 50 M; miscellaneous, 100 M. 



C. A. Brooks' handle factory uses about 400 cords of beech, 

 birch and maple per year. Practically all of this comes from 

 New Hampshire. 



Wm. Brown & Son manufacture pails and ice-cream freezers. 

 They use about 3,500 cords of pine annually. 



Mason & Parker, toy manufacturers, use per annum: bass- 

 wood, 200 M board feet; chestnut, 250 M board feet; poplar, 

 150 M board feet; pine, 100 M board feet; beech, birch and 

 maple, 25 M board feet. 



Carter & Campbell, furniture manufacturers, use per annum: 

 spruce, 40 to 45 M board feet; maple, 30 M board feet; ash 

 and miscellaneous hardwoods, 15 M board feet. 



M. A. Parks, manufacturer of spools and bobbins, uses bass- 

 wood, 500 M board feet; birch, 500 M board feet; pine, 1-inch 

 boards, and pine, 2^ inch boards, 100 M board feet; Pennsyl- 

 vania beech, 50 M board feet. 



E. Murdock & Co., manufacturers of pails and tubs, use 

 7,500 cords of pine logs; 1,500 cords of spruce, hemlock and 

 hardwoods; 750 M board feet of 2\ inch pine plank; and 500 

 M board feet of 1-inch hardwood boards. 



