37 



MAPLES. 



Three maples are cut for lumber in Pennsylvania, sugar maple, sometimes 

 called hard maple (Acer saccharum) , the red or soft maple (Acer rubrum) , 

 and the white or silvery maple (Acer saccharinum). Of these the sugar 

 maple is commercially the most important and it is probably the most 

 valuable wood produced in Pennsylvania. This is because of the abuisdanco of 

 maple sugar it produces, the choice figured woods known as bird's eye and 

 curly maple, etc., and the many uses for which this wood alone is the most 

 adaptable, owing to its combined qualities or strength, hardness, stiffness, 

 and its ability to hold its shape after being properly seasoned. Forty-two 

 industries report its use, which is a greater number than for any other wood 

 named in this report. It is abundant on well-drained land, particularly in the 

 northern, western, and middle portions of the State. Next to white oak, 

 sugar maple was reported as meeting the greatest number of uses, and was the 

 fourth important hardwood in the total quantity used. It also bears the 

 distinction, among the woods that are used in quantities exceeding 5,000,000 

 feet, of furnishing the largest proportion of State-grown wood. 



Table 22. — Consumption of Sugar Maple, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



o 



0) y 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Boxes and crates, packing, 



Planing mill products, 



Laundry appliances, 



Chairs and chair stock, 



Furniture, 



Shuttles, spools, and bobbins, .. 



Handles, 



Car construction, 



Brushes, 



Woodenware and novelties 



Agricultural implements, 



Mine equipment 



Toys, 



Boards, 



Instruments, musical 



Vehicles and vehicle parts, 



Machinery and apparatus, elec- 

 trical, 



Baskets, fruit and vegetable,.. 



Pumps, 



Fixtures 



Machine construction, 



Butchers' blocks and skewers, .. 



Whips, canes, and umbrella 

 sticks, 



Weighing apparatus, 



Dairymen's, poulterers' and api- 

 arists' supplies 



Elevators, 



Boot and shoe findings, 



Sporting and athletic goods,.. 

 Refrigerators and kitchen cab- 

 inets, 



Pulleys and conveyors, 



11,647,000 

 9,681,890 

 6,340,500 

 5,348,100 

 4,743,900 



21.19 

 17.62 

 11.54 

 9.73 

 8.63 



$16 43 

 23 75 

 23 75 

 18 54 

 26 72 



$191,340 

 229,963 

 150.613 

 99,180 

 126,632 



3,282,500 

 8,673,090 

 3,385,500 

 4,746,500 

 3,640,100 



2,528,000 

 2,307,850 

 1,976,110 

 1,066,800 

 1,040,500 



4.60 

 4.20 

 3.60 

 1.94 

 1.89 



24 85 

 19 02 

 18 14 

 23 22 

 23 34 



62,816 

 43,897 

 35,856 

 24,772 

 24,280 



1,870,000 

 1,727,700 

 1,344,660 

 1,066,800 

 737,500 



1,032,600 

 790,200 

 762,500 

 705,000 

 647,800 



1.88 

 1.44 

 1.39 

 1.28 

 1.18 



28 04 

 IS 67 

 25 31 

 46 45 

 32 20 



28,952 

 14.751 

 19,300 

 32,750 

 20,857 



365,500 

 790,200 

 712,500 

 50,000 

 225,300 



625,800 



1.14 



28 67 



17,940 



314,200 



558,500 

 549,000 

 400,000 

 366,000 



1.02 

 1.00 

 .72 

 .67 



34 85 

 18 15 

 17 00 

 23 17 



19,465 

 9,963 

 6,800 

 8,482 



150,000 

 549,000 

 400,000 

 317,500 



288,700 

 270,000 



.53 

 .49 



29 69 

 20 37 



8,572 

 5,500 



145,700 

 270,000 



241,100 

 171,000 



.44 

 .31 



17 57 

 33 13 



4,237 

 5,665 



241,100 

 21,000 



152,950 



.28 



27 96 



4,276 



23,500 



141,200 

 100,500 

 97,500 



.26 

 .18 

 .17 



49 74 

 55 86 

 36 14 



7.023 



5.614 

 3,524 



81,200 

 47,500 



80,750 

 68,000 



.15 

 .12 



28 71 

 43 68 



2,318 

 2,970 



80,750 

 66,000 



