18 



WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS. 



partly or wholly of wood, most of them consisting of a thick bottom 

 to give strength, and thin veneer sides to insure lightness. They 

 range in size from a pint to nearly a bushel, and are sold with their 

 contents. 



Table 11. — Annual consumption of Wood for baskets. 



Kind of wood. 



Tupelo 



Red gum 



Cottonwood. . 

 Elm 



Shortleaf pine 



Total... 



Quantity. 



Feet b. m. 



3,100.000 



1,175,000 



560. 000 



235. 000 



200,000 



5,270,000 



Per cent 

 of total. 



58.82 

 22.30 

 10.63 

 4.46 

 3.79 



100.00 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



S9.28 

 11.81 

 13.00 

 12. 79 

 11.00 



10.46 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Grown in 

 Arkansas. 



S28, 775 



13,875 



7,280 



3,005 



2,200 



55,135 



Per cent. 

 96.77 

 95.74 

 82.14 

 68.09 

 75.00 



92. 



Grown 



out of 



Arkansas. 



Per cent. 

 3.23 

 4.26 

 17.86 

 31.91 

 25.00 



7.12 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



Arkansas has an abundance of wood suitable for the manufacture 

 of agricultural implements, but is putting only a moderate amount 

 of it to use. Seven species are reported in Table 12, and the total 

 quantity falls a little short of 4,000,000 feet, over half of which is 

 ash. The exclusion of tool handles and farm wagons (both of which 

 are shown in other tables) accounts for the rather small showing for 

 agricultural implements. Factories in Northern States making com- 

 modities of this kind draw very much larger quantities of wood from 

 Arkansas than the factories at home. 



Table 12. — Annual consumption of wood for agricultural implements. 



Kind of wood. 



Ash 



White oak . . . 

 Red oak 



Longleaf pine 



Red gum 



Hickory 



Shortleaf pine 



Total... 



Quantity. 



Feet b. m. 



,250.000 

 546,000 

 502, 000 

 500,000 

 50, 000 

 46,000 

 30,000 



924, 000 



Per cent 

 of total. 



57.34 

 13.92 

 12.79 

 12.74 

 1.27 

 1.17 



100. 00 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 f actor v. 



S22. 22 

 17! 76 



12.10 

 20.00 

 14.00 

 20.43 

 12.00 



19.85 



Total cost 

 f. 0. b. 

 factory. 



S50. 000 



9,695 



6,075 



10, 000 



700 



940 



360 



Grown in 

 Arkansas. 



Per cent. 



88.89 

 100.00 

 100.00 



20.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 



83.44 



Grown 



out of 



Arkansas. 



Per cent. 

 11.11 



80.00 



16.56 



VEHICLES. 



Table 13 gives the woods used in the manufacture of vehicles in 

 Arkansas. Farm and road wagons are almost the only kind made. 

 The material which goes into buggies, carriages, spring wagons, carts, 

 and others of that class is listed as " vehicle stock" in Table 5. 



