Figure 32.— White oak is in 

 demand for tight cooper- 

 age for storing and aging 

 whisky. Here are some 

 logs and bolts with sawed 

 heading piled in tlw back- 

 ground. 



of wood produced than any other product. Approx- 

 imately 154,000 man-days were requked in 1948 to 

 produce about 6 million cubic feet of stave bolts. 



Nearly all the staves produced in Kentucky were 

 white oak. A small volume of red oak was cut for 

 export to produce wine kegs. In 1948, 87 tight stave 

 and heading mills were reported to be operating 

 in Kentucky (fig. 33). These mills are portable and 

 many shift from county to covmty to take advantage 



INDUSTRIES 



-^ LARGE SAWMILLS (Annually produce I nnillion bd. ft. or more) 



« COOPERAGE PLANTS OR STAVE MILLS 



- HANDLE PLANTS 



• FACE OR ROTARY VENEER PLANTS 



of local markets and available timber. The produc- 

 tion of staves fluctuates seasonally and from year 

 to year. 



J'eneer 



Veneer is of two general kinds: (1) Face or sliced 

 veneer, used chiefly in furniture manufacture, and 

 (2) rotary-cut veneer, used in fruit and vegetable 



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