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Table No. i. — Kinds and Quantity of Wood Manufactured. 



Kind of Wood. Approximate number board feet manufactured. 



Oak 95,775,000 



Poplar 65,390,000 



Hemlock 45,080,000 



Spruce 32,600,000 



Chestnut 17,880,000 



Yellow pine 13,910,000 



Beech 12,021,000 



Maple 10,604,000 



Hickory 8,420,000 



White pine * 8,250,000 



Birch 7,375,000 



Basswood 7,090,000 



White elm 3,700,000 



Ash : 2,288,000 



Red gum 1,950,000 



Cypress 505,000 



Cherry 455,000 



Black gum 301,000 



Buckeye 240,000 



Cucumber 200,000 



Black walnut 179,500 



Locust 100,000 



Scrub pine , 90,000 



Sycamore 80,000 



Butternut 52,000 



Cedar 30,000 



Willow 25,000 



Mahogany 6,500 



Total 334,597,000 



Industries. 



The wood-working industries are grouped for convenience 

 under the following heads, viz: (1) Interior and Exterior Fin- 

 ish and Fixtures, (2) Furniture, (3) Vehicles and Vehicle Stock, 

 (4) Handles, (5) Mine and Log Cars, (6) Boxes, Crates and 

 Cooperage, and (7) Miscellaneous. 



Interior and Exterior Finish and Fixtures. 



The industries included under the head of Interior and Ex- 

 terior Finish and Fixtures number almost 200, and manufacture 

 each year approximately 240 million feet of the finished materials 

 that are used in the construction of houses. These materials in- 

 clude flooring, ceiling, siding, mouldings, stair work, columns, 



