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the most, followed by the manufacturers of organs and furniture, using 

 nearly equal quantities, and by 14 other industries demanding varying 

 smaller amounts. 



Table 36. — Consuinption of Black Walnut, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Caskets and coffins 



Instruments, musical, 



Furniture 



Planing mill products, 



Car construction 



Chairs and chair stock, 



Fixtures 



Clocks 



Patterns and flasks, 



Frames and mouldings, picture, 



Machinery and apparatus, elec- 

 trical, 



Vehicles and vehicle parts, 



Handles, 



Brushes 



Manual tr^aining practice (sloyd), 



Plumbers' woodwork, 



Miscellaneous, 



Total 



214,000 



27.35 



$59 50 



$12,732 



182,000 



32,000 



131,200 



16.77 



44 05 



5,779 



67,700 



63.500 



130,000 



16.61 



95 04 



12,365 



21,000 



109,100 



77,265 



9.87 



111 31 



8,600 

 5,753 



52,365 



24,900 



56,890 



7.27 



101 13 



980 



55,910 



50,000 



6.39 



66 08 



3,304 

 2,973 



44,000 



6,000 



35,860 



4.58 



82 91 



28,860 



7,000 



21,000 



2.68 



50 95 



1,070 



21,000 



14,500 



1.85 



50 00 



725 



4,500 



10,000 



10,500 



1.34 



80 67 



847 



4,500 



6,000 



2,500 



.32 



40 00 



100 



2,500 





1,400 



.18 



91 42 



128 



1,100 



300 



1,050 



.14 



81 90 



86 



1,050 





1,000 



.13 



80 00 



80 



1,000 





850 



.11 



87 06 



77 



660 



200 



300 



.04 



35 00 



10 



300 





34,200 



4.37 



71 81 



2,456 



10,200 



24.000 



782,615 



ICO. 00 



$72 94 



$57,085 



443,705 



338,910 



SYCAMORE. 

 (Platanus occidentalis). 

 Not more than 4^ per cent, of the requirements of the Pennsylvania wood- 

 users was drawn from the State-grown sycamore. This is not surprising, as 

 this species is not an important lumber tree in this State. Sycamore's fine 

 grain revealed by rift sawing and its rich color commend its use for cabinet 

 work. It has a coarse, distinct grain, somewhat contorted, and is hard, 

 heavy, stiff, hard to split, moderately strong and durable, difScult to season 

 and to work, and unstable in holding its shape. Forty-two mills report it, 

 but only in small quantities. Probably the most exacting use of this wood 

 in the country at large is for butcher blocks, but in Pennsylvania none of 

 the manufacturers report using it for that purpose. The , chair makers de- 

 manded the most that was used, almost 72 per cent, of the total, while 

 the rest was about equally distributed among five other industries, the brush 

 makers being the most important. 



