

industry in North Carolina. Both hardwood and second- 
growth pine veneers are used for the manufacture of 
crates and baskets for sale to the fruit and vegetable 
shippers in South Carolina and the adjoining States. 
As a result of the gradual depletion of the old-growth 
lowland hardwoods of the Coastal Plain, the veneer 
industry has lowered its specifications to include bolts 
of smaller diameters and poorer quality. While old 
growth still provides the greater part of the raw material, 
more and more veneer is being produced from second- 
growth hardwoods growing on the upland sites. 
Timber Supply Outlook in South Carolina 
Miscellaneous Industries 
The remaining forest products industries in South 
Carolina, including those turning out cooperage bolts, 
poles, piling, posts, mine timbers, hewn cross ties, and 
shingles, account for only 4.5 percent of the total com- 
modity drain on the forests (fig. 58). In spite of a 
general increase in the number of operations since 1936, 
the drain of these miscellaneous industries was only 
228,000 cords in 1946 compared to 341,000 cords in 
1936. In 1936, there were 34 miscellaneous wood-using 
plants, and in 1946, 82 plants, further emphasizing the 
swing toward more and smaller enterprises. 
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