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in Pennsylvania. The rapid spread of the infection and its devastation in the 

 infected areas of the State has produced such an alarming situation that the 

 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania adopted measures looking to the possible con- 

 trol of the disease. A chestnut tree killed by the blight is killed by the gird- 

 ling of the trunk. The disease does not injure the wood although it pene- 

 trates a few annual rings. The problem of utilizing the blight killed wood, 

 the Federal Government has ascertained, is merely a question of using dead 

 timber. The wood generally answers for all purposes for which healthy 

 chestnut is demanded, and recent official strength tests have proved that 

 sound killed chestnut is fully as strong as live healthy wood. To owners of 

 blight killed timber, the Forest Service has pointed out the necessity of its use 

 within two years after death as subsequent to that period, deterioration, due 

 to checking, insect injury and decay, is quite rapid. 



Table 24. — Consumption of Chestnut, year ending June, 1912. 













t4 



Grown in 



Grown Out 





Quantity. 







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Pennsyl- 



of Penn- 













c; 



vania. 



sylyania. 



























U 

















0) 









Industry. 









a 



c 















t« . 











s" 





a 



o 



■J. 

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a 



a 









<D 

 O 













<D 





U 



H 



'3 



0) 







OJ 

 fa 





<D 





o 



0) 



fa 



01 

 fa 



17,409,350 

 11,977,692 

 11,556,850 

 5,387,000 

 1,803,350 



33.92 

 ■23.34 

 22.52 

 10.50 

 3.51 



$37 65 

 16 04 



19 52 



20 57 

 25 16 



$655 450 

 192,165 

 225,599 

 110,807 

 45,364 



5,815,700 

 6,275,328 

 5,586,300 

 1,573,500 

 1,114,250 



749.405 

 671,900 

 500,000 

 480,000 

 140,000 



1.46 

 1.31 

 .97 

 .94 

 .27 



15 42 

 24 81 

 21 00 

 17 71 

 19 07 



11,557 

 16,669 

 10,500 

 8,499 

 2,670 



749,405 

 327,000 

 500,000 

 95,000 

 40,000 



128,200 

 113,250 

 100,000 

 93.000 

 73,000 



.25 

 .22 

 .19 

 .18 

 .14 



19 24 



21 04 

 19 CO 



22 41 

 35 67 



2,466 

 2,383 

 1,900 

 2,084 

 2,604 



47,500 



113,250 

 100,000 

 25,000 

 23,000 



37,500 

 30,200 

 15,000 



.07 

 .06 

 .03 



25 00 



19 77 



20 00 



938 

 597 

 300 



17,500 

 18,200 

 15,000 



11,800 

 11,500 



.02 

 .02 



28 05 

 25 39 



331 

 292 



11,800 

 6,500 



10,000 



.02 



33 00 



330 



5,000 



7,000 

 5,000 

 5,000 

 4,000 



.01 

 .01 

 .01 

 .01 



64 14 

 14 00 

 30 00 

 70 00 



448 

 70 

 150 

 280 



5,m 



5,000 

 5,000 



3,100 

 3,000 



.01 

 .01 



27 10 

 24 00 



84 

 72 



3,100 

 2,000 



51,326,097 



100.00 



$25 22 



$1,294,609 



22,479,333 



Planing mill products, 



Boxes and crates 



Furniture, 



Caskets and coifins 



Fixtures, 



Mine equipment 



Instruments, musical, 



Toys, 



Chairs and chair stock, 



Agricultural implements, 



Patterns, and flasks, 



Car construction, 



Baskets, fruit and vegetable, .. 

 Frames and moulding, picture. 

 Machine construction 



Trunks and valises 



Vehicles and vehicle parts, 



Tanks and silos, 



Refrigerators and kitchen cab- 

 inets, 



Gates and fencing 



Sporting and athletic goods, .. 

 Manual training practice 



(.sloyd) 



Excelsior 



Clocks, 



Elevators, 



Ship and boat building, 



Laundry appliances, 



Total, 



43.80% in. 56.20% out. 



BEECH. 



(Fagus atropunicea)=(F. grandifoUa). 

 Considering that thirty-three industries demand beech for more than 230 

 distinct uses, it can properly be termed one of Pennsylvania's important hard- 

 woods, though not many years ago it was considered by manufacturers of 

 little value. There is but one species in Pennsylvania and its stand is abund- 



