Table 21 .—Employment in the primary forest-products 

 industries, Kentucky, 1948 



Commodity 



Number 



of 



plants 



Employment^ 



Plant 



Woods 



Total 



Lumber 



Veneer 



'2,168 

 6 



87 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 



Man-years ^ 



3,736 



240 



528 



64 























Man-ytars 2 



2,908 



76 



616 



52 



188 



7,832 



676 



824 



160 



Man-years 2 



6,644 



316 



Cooperage stock 



1,144 



Handle stock 



Pulpwood 



116 

 188 



Fuelwood 



Fence posts 



Round mine timbers 



Miscellaneous 



7,832 

 676 

 824 

 160 



Total 



2,264 



4,568 



13,332 



17,900 



1 Employment based upon estimate i.»f amount of [abor required per unit of 

 production. 



2 A man-year is 250 8-hour man-days. 



^ Active in 1947 according to the Census Bureau. 



Table 2'^.— Number of sawmills and lumber production by 

 class of mill J Kentucky, 1947 i 



Class of mill 

 (production in M bd. ft.) 



Mills 



Production 



Idle 



Number 



306 



731 



1,033 



200 



145 



44 



8 



7 



Percent 



UA 



29,5 



41,7 



8,1 



5,9 



18 



.3 



Thousand 

 bd. ft. 





 16,451 

 112,418 

 64,950 

 99,308 

 68,423 

 28,998 

 48,174 



Percent 

 



\-A9 



3 8 



50-199 



25 6 



200-499 . 



14 8 



500-999 



1,000-2,999 



3.000-4,999 



22.6 

 15.6 

 6 6 



5,000-9,999 ^ 



11 







Total , . . 



2,474 



100,0 



438,722 



100 







1 Source: Bureau of the Census, U. S. Dept. of Com. 



2 Includes 1 mill in the 10,000-14,999 class, to avoid disclosure of individual 

 plant production. 



Table SQ.— Local and imported lumber, veneer, and bolts used 

 in manufacture, by product, Kentucky, 1948'^ 



Product 



Agricultural implements 



Car construction and repair 



Caskets and burial boxes 



Containers (except cooperage) 



Dairy, poultry, etc. , supplies 



Fixtures 



Flasks 



Flooring 



Furniture 



Handles 



Housetrailers 



Machinery 



Millwork 



Pallets 



Patterns 



Prefabricated houses and house panels. , . . 



Other prefabricated structures 



Printing material 



Radios, phonographs, sewing machines, , , . 



Rollers, shade and map 



Ship and boat building 



Shuttles, spools, and bobbins 



Signs, scenery, displays 



Sporting, athletic, playground equipment . 



Surgical supplies 



Toys 



Trunks and valises 



Vehicles, motor 



Vehicles, nonmotor 



Venetian blinds 



Woodenware, novelties and miscellaneous . 



Total. 



Lumber 



Thousand 

 bd.ft. 



219 



9,572 



1,274 



17,744 



500 



307 



388 



5,854 



40,915 



139 



822 



57 



17,862 



4,376 



516 



226 



254 



12 



4,801 



192 



4 



12 



393 



5,838 



13 



93 



105 



754 



16 



426 



113,684 



Veneer - 



Thousand 

 bd.ft. 

 4 

 3 



9,450 



406 



2,698 

 332 



13,429 



1,129 

 1 



24 



27,664 



Bolts 3 



Thousand 

 bd.ft. 



654 



350 



74 



1,078 



' Source: Gordon D. Merrick, Wood Used in Manufacture-1948, Forest 

 Resource Report No. 2, Forest Service, LI. S. Dept. Agr. 



2 Quantities reported were converted to square feet, one inch thick. 



3 Quantities reported were converted to board feet, lumber equivalent. 



Taijle 29. —Secondary wood-remanufacturing plants, 

 Kentucky, 1947 1 



Industry group ^ 



Number 



of 



plants 



Average number 



employees 



for year 



Total 



salaries 



and wages 



Value 



added by 



manufacture 



Millwork a ad related 



products 



Wooden containers 



Miscellaneous 



24 

 19 

 21 



35 

 10 



5 



1,046 

 2,291 

 1,156 

 4,948 

 219 

 207 



Thousand 



dollars 



2,670 



4,909 



2,391 



12 , 794 



525 



507 



Thousand 

 dollars 

 6,009 

 7,914 

 4 843 



Wood house furniture, . . , 

 Partitions and fixtures. , . 

 Window and door screens. 



16,510 

 859 

 905 



Total 



114 



9,867 



23,796 



37,040 



' Source: Census of Manufactures-1947, Bureau of the Census, U. S. Dept.. 

 of Com. 



2 The industry groups listed include those plants that rely most heavily on 

 wood in the manufacture of a product. This list does not include all secondary 

 wood-remanufacturing plants. 



Kentucky's Forest Resources and Industries 



Standard Summary Tables 



As each State throughout the Nation is reported 

 upon by the Forest Survey following initial or re- 

 surveys, a Standard set of tables presenting informa- 

 tion on forest area, ownership, timber volume, 

 growth and drain will be presented. With such 

 tables, forest statistics for any region or group of 

 States can easily be compiled. Standard tables pre- 

 pared for the State of Kentucky, based on the 1949 

 survey, appear on the following pages. 



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