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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS. 



is the only Pacific coast wood reported in Arkansas. The only 

 yellow poplar reported for the State is also listed here. 



Table 7. — Annual consumption of ivood for sash, doors, blinds, and general milhcorJc. 



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 



Arkansas. 



Shortleaf pine.. 



Red gum 



Cypress 



Longleaf pine . . 



Birch 



Yellow poplar. . 



Sugar pine 



Mahogany 



Total 



18,353,000 



808, 000 



460,000 



200,000 



65,000 



60,000 



5,000 



5,000 



91.97 



4.05 



2.31 



1.00 



.33 



.30 



.02 



.02 



S13.56 

 7.00 

 27.35 

 12.00 

 60.00 

 70.00 

 90.00 



100. 00 



§248,876 

 5,656 

 12,579 

 2,400 

 3,900 

 4,200 

 450 

 500 



Per cent. 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 

 82.61 

 70.00 



Per cent. 



50.00 



17.39 

 30.00 

 100. 00 

 50.00 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 



19,956,000 



100. 00 



13.96 



278,561 



1.23 



FURNITURE. 



Red gum and white oak together constitute 95 per cent of the 

 woods used in furniture making in Arkansas (Table 8), though more 

 kinds of woods are employed in this industry than in any other. 

 White oak is generally an outside wood and is finished to give the 

 best appearance. Red gum may be for both outside and inside. It 

 takes an excellent finish, and the prediction has been made that in 

 time it will be as valuable as white oak. If rotary-cut veneer of red 

 gum is carefully selected to show grain and figure, it can be made to 

 resemble Circassian walnut so closely that few can tell one from the 

 other. It may be stained also to imitate white oak, cherry, and 

 mahogany. The small showing made by shortleaf pine is remark- 

 able in view of the large amounts demanded by some other industries. 



Table 8. — Annual consumption of ivood for furniture. 





Quantity. 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. 



factory. 



Grown in 

 Arkansas. 



Grown 



Kind of wood. 



Feetb.m. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



out of 

 Arkansas. 





9,061,000 



5,586,000 



346, 000 



100, 000 



66,000 



60,000 



52,000 



52,000 



10,000 



10,000 



10. 000 



10,000 



3,000 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 



1,000 



58.94 

 36.34 

 2.25 

 .65 

 .43 

 .39 

 .34 

 .34 

 .06 

 .06 

 .07 

 .07 

 .02 

 .01 

 .01 

 .01 

 .01 



§20. 29 

 32.45 

 22.88 

 13.00 

 20.98 

 11.00 

 19.81 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 40.00 



100. 00 

 50.00 

 70.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 22.00 



S1S3,880 



181,240 



7,918 



1,300 



1,385 



660 



1,030 



2,600 



500 



400 



1,000 



500 



210 



30 



30 



30 



22 



Per cent. 

 82.40 

 92.16 

 56.65 

 75.00 

 100. 00 

 100.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 



Per cent. 

 17.60 





7.84 



Red oak 



43.35 



Cottonwood 



25.00 







Elm 





Ash 











100. 00 





100.00 





Mahoganv 



100. 00 







100.00 





100. 00 

 100. 00 

 100.00 

 100. 00 

 100.00 





Birch... 





















Total 



15,373,000 



100.00 



24.90 



382, 735 



85.44 



14.56 







