USES AND SUPPLY OF WOOD. 

 CAR CONSTRUCTION. 



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The four woods listed as car-manufacturing material are shown in 

 Table 9. Most of it is used in repairing freight cars at the division 

 headquarters of the various railroads. 



Table 9. — Annual consumption of wood for car construction. 





Quantity. 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Grown in 



Arkansas. 



Grown 



Kind of wood. 



Feet b. m. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



out of 

 Arkansas. 





4,500,000 

 4,128,000 

 2,222,000 

 1,500,000 



36.44 

 33.42 

 17.99 

 12.15 



$10. 50 

 11.00 

 16.04 

 11.50 



$47,250 

 45,408 

 35,642 

 17,250 



Per cent. 



90.00 

 100.00 

 100. 00 



33.33 



Per cent. 

 10.00 













66.67 







Total 



12, 350, 000 



100. 00 



11.79 



145,550 



88.26 



11.74 







CHAIRS. 



Though chairs and furniture belong in the same general class, the 

 two kinds of commodities are frequently made in separate factories 

 and are reported separately. Many small mills cut chair stock exclu- 

 sively, and sell it to factories which make nothing but chairs. In the 

 few instances where factories which have made both did not separate 

 them the whole output has been listed as furniture. The amount 

 and kind of wood used in Arkansas for chairs are shown in Table 10. 



Table 10. — Annual consumption of wood for chairs. 



Kind of wood. 



Quantity. 



Feet b. m. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. 



factory. 



Grown in 



Arkansas. 



Grown 

 out of 



White oak. 

 Red oak... 

 Elm 



Red gum... 



Tupelo 



Hickory.... 



Total 



2,810,000 



2,677,000 



950, 000 



855,000 



175,000 



75,000- 



37.26 

 35.49 

 12.60 

 11.34 

 2.32 



$17.81 

 14.10 

 17.50 

 12.84 

 12.00 

 14.00 



$50,040 

 37, 747 

 16,625 

 10,980 

 2,100 

 1,050 



Per cent. 

 99.57 

 97.24 

 98.74 

 97.66 

 68.57 

 100. 00 



7,542,000 



100. 00 



15 72 



118,542 



97.71 



Per cent. 

 0.43 

 2.76 

 1.26 

 2.34 

 31.43 



2.29 



BASKETS. 



The woods employed by the basket manufacturers in Arkansas 

 are listed in Table 11. The line between baskets and boxes is not 

 always clearly drawn, but generally the shape settles it. The use 

 to which the container is put does not always determine whether it 

 is a basket, box, bowl, or crate. The baskets considered in Table 11 

 are chiefly for berries, small fruits, and vegetables. They are made 

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