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Table No. 3.— Kinds, Quantity, and Price of Lumber Used in 

 Furniture Manufacture. 



Kind of Wood. 



Approximate Number of 

 feet B. M. manufactured 

 annually. 



Approximate average 

 price per 1000 ft. B. 

 M. at factory. 



Oak 



7,000,000 



<pou.uv 



Poplar 



800,000 



34.00 



Maple 



350,000 



20!00 



Chestnut 



230,000 



19.00 



Yellow pine 



"1 A^A AAA 



1dO,UOO 





Birch 



75,000 



22.00 



Beech 



21,000 



24.00 



Black gum 



16,000 





Ash 



8,000 



25.00 



Cherry 



5,000 





Black walnut | 



4,500 



30.00 



Butternut 



2,000 



25.00 



Mahogany 



1,500 



165.00 



Total 



8,673,000 





Vehicles and Vehicle Stock. 



Six kinds of wood are reported from 10 establishments that 

 manufacture vehicles or parts of vehicles. The table below 

 shows that 5 million feet of lumber are used annually in this 

 way. Hickory, used for spokes and rims leads in quantity ; oak 

 for running gear comes next, and birch for hubs next. The 

 relatively large quantity of birch is manufactured into hubs by 

 a single factory at Richwood, Nicholas county. Farm and team 

 wagons, trucks, drays, dump carts, dumping wagons, fruit and 

 dairy wagons, hickory fellows and spokes for heavy wagons, 

 buggies and automobiles, and hubs for all manner of vehicles are 

 reported. 



Table No. 4. — Kinds, Quantity and Price of Lumber Used in 

 the Manufacture of Vehicles and Vehicle Stock. 



Kind of Wood. 



Approximate Numher of | Approximate average 

 feet B. M. manufactured | price per 1000 ft. B. 

 annually. [ M. at factory. 



Hickory 



i 2,125,000 



$30.00 



Oak 



1,325,000 



25.00 



Birch 



1,100,000 



15.00 



Black gum 



200,000 



35.00 



Ash 



100,000 



30.00 



Yellow pine 



150.000 



20.00 





5,000,000 





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