56 



Table 40. — Consumption of Cucumber, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



Average cost per 1,000 ft. 

 at factory. 



Total cost f. 0. b. factory. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Feet b. m. 



Per cent. 



Feet b. m. 



Feet b. m. 





267,300 

 70,000 

 10,000 

 3,800 

 300 



76.07 

 19.92 

 2.85 

 1.08 

 .08 



$27 00 



17 00 



18 00 

 25 00 

 30 00 



$7,217 

 1,190 

 180 

 95 

 9 



255,300 



42,000 

 70,000 







10,000 





3,800 





300 



Total 





351,400 



lOO.OO 



$24 73 



$8,691 



235,600 



115,800 





BUCKEYE. 



Buckeye, like cucumber, often loses its identity and goes to market mixed 

 with yellow poplar. It is called for separately by the manufacturers of arti- 

 ficial limbs to meet what may probably be termed its most exacting use, but 

 for this purpose was not reported in Pennsylvania. The wood is light, 

 soft, cross grained, compact, and difficult to split. The color is creamy 

 white and so uniform that the sapwood can hardly be distinguished from the 

 heartwood. Two species of buckeye are native to Pennsylvania, the fetid 

 buckeye (Aesculus glabra) and the yellow or sweet buckeye (Aesculus 

 octandra). The western part of this State is the eastern limit of both species 

 and it is impossible to ascertain the quantity of each that the manufacturers 

 use. This wood is more evenly distributed among the various classes of manu- 

 facture calling for it than any other shown in this report. 



Table 41. — Consumption of Buckeye, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Laundry appliances, 



Wooden ware and novelties. 

 Boxes and crates, packing, 

 Planing mill products 



Total 



125,000 



38.56 



$28 00 



$3,500 



125,000 





83,700 



25.82 



25 00 



2,093 





83,700 



8O,50'O 



24.83 



22 99 



1,851 



40,000 



40,500 



35,000 



10'. 79 



20 71 



725 



19,000 



16,000 



324,200 



100. on 



$25 19 



$8,168 



184,000 



140,200 



