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increasing scarcity of desirable stumpage in the coal 
region, imports of mine timbers into the principal coal- 
producing region (southwestern Virginia) from the 
Piedmont increased sharply. 
import most of their timbers from the Piedmont, prin- 
cipally from Buckingham, Appomatox, and adjacent 
counties—a rail-haul of about 200 miles. Others con- 
tract for the production of timbers from their own 
land, while still others contract for timbers delivered 
at the mine by truck or rail. 
Some companies now 
Fence Posts and Hewn Ties 
Production of fence posts in 1945 totaled 99,600 
cords, chiefly cedar and cypress among the softwoods, 
and locust, oak, and mulberry among the hardwoods. 
Hewn ties produced numbered 274,000 pieces, all but 
1 percent of which were oak. 
Miscellaneous Industries 
Included in this category are industries producing 
handles (fig. 55), insulator pins, dimension stock, 
boxes, picker sticks, wooden utensils, shuttle blocks, 
and cedar chests. The 23 plants so engaged in 1945 
used 30,900 cords of wood. Total production in 
Virginia of material for miscellaneous products was 
16,200 cords. An equal amount was imported from 
other States, while 1,500 cords was exported. 
A wide variety of species is used. Handles are 
made chiefly from hickory, ash, maple, and oak; boxes 
from pine and yellow-poplar; chests from redcedar; 
shuttle blocks from dogwood; picker sticks from 
LEGEND 
STANDARD CORDS 
ZZ ee ee 5,000 OR MORE 
TOTAL PRODUCTION 46,200 CORDS 
Includes moterial for excelsior, handles, picker sticks, 
9100: 25999) 
1,000 - 4,999 
insulator pins, chests, mauls, and other minor products. 
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Figure 55.—Handle blanks are an important item among the 
miscellaneous-products industries. These are hickory 
blanks for hatchet handles. 
hickory; insulator pins from locust; and utensils from 
redgum. The production in cords for these miscella- 
neous industries and the excelsior industry is shown by 
counties in fig. 56. 
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Ficure 56.—Production of material for excelsior and miscellaneous products by county, 1945. 
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