USES AND SUPPLY OF WOOD. 

 Table 5. — Annual consumption of wood for vehicle stock. 



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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. 





34,038,000 



22,263,000 



6,000,000 



3, 667, 000 



3,379,000 



3,100,000 



2,569,000 



1,225,000 



225,000 



25,000 



44.50 



29.11 



7.85 



4.79 



4.42 



4.05 



3,36 



1.60 



.29 



.03 



$17. 78 

 24.11 

 13.47 

 14.36 

 27.72 

 12.26 

 29.82 

 17.55 

 18.00 

 21.00 



$605, 142 



536,766 



80,800 



52, 670 



93, 672 



38, 000 



76,595 



21,500 



4,050 



525 



Per cent. 

 90.65 

 91.86 



100. 00 

 90.46 

 91.57 



100.00 

 76.84 



100. 00 



100. 00 

 60.00 



Per cent. 

 9.35 





8.14 









9.54 



Red oak 



8.43 







Ash 



23.16 



Flm 









Basswood 



40.00 







Total 



76,491,000 



100.00 



19.74 



1,509,720 



91.85 



8.15 







HANDLES. 



Hickory and ash are the leading handle woods of Arkansas. 

 Hickory is made into handles which must be tough and elastic, as 

 for axes and hammers. Most of the ash shown in Table 6 is used 

 for hoe handles. The handles of saws, augers, mallets, squares, 

 planes, and similar tools, may be of maple, beech, red gum, oak, or 

 elm. Handles for packages, boxes, buckets, and baskets account 

 for the use of cypress, sycamore, and some of the other woods listed 

 in the table. 



Table 6. — Annual consumption of wood for handles. 





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. 



Hickory 



21,798,000 

 14,700,000 

 800,000 

 760,000 

 400,000 

 143,000 

 120, 000 

 100,000 

 100,000 

 17,000 



55.98 



37.75 



2.05 



1.95 



1.03 



.37 



.31 



.26 



.26 



.04 



$13. 75 

 40.88 

 8.00 

 11.05 

 15.00 

 24.06 

 12.00 

 14.00 

 14.00 

 20.00 



$299,662 

 601,000 

 6,400 

 8,400 

 6,000 

 3,441 

 1,440 

 1,400 

 1,400 

 340 



Per cent. 



93.81 



54.08 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 



79.02 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 



58.82 



Per cent. 

 6.19 



Ash 



45.92 



Red gum 





Flm .... 









Maple 



20.98 



Red oak 













Beech 



41.18 







Total 



38,938,000 



100. 00 



23.87 



929,483 



79.10 



20.90 







GENERAL MILLWORK. 



Besides sash, doors, and blinds, Table 7 includes wood used for 

 screens, moldings, stairwork, and similar products. In most in- 

 stances the lumber is passed through planing mills or wood-working 

 machines to fit it for particular purposes, and is thus distinguished 

 from the material listed in Table 3 as ' 'planing-mill products." 

 Shortleaf pine makes up more than nine-tenths of the total. Sugar 

 pine from California, 5,000 feet of which was used in this industry, 



