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HANDLES. 



Other states take precedence over Pennsylvania in the quantity of wood 

 annually consumed in the manufacture of handles, but it is probable that none 

 surpasses it in the different kinds of handles made. The principal ones re- 

 ported have been listed and the woods from which they are made arranged in 

 order of quantity as follows: 



Axe Handles. 

 White ash. 

 Hickory. 

 White oak. 



Brick Trowel Handles. 

 Dogwood. 

 Persimmon. 



Broom Handles. 

 Basswood. 

 Beech. 



Sugar maple. 

 Birch. 



Butcher Knife Handles. 

 Birch. 

 Beech. 



Sugar maple. 



Cant Hook Handles. 

 Sugar maple. 

 Hornbeam. 

 Hickory. 



Carrying Poles. 

 Hornbeam. 

 Hickory. 



Chisel Handles. 

 Hickory. 



Coal Pick Handles. 

 White oak. 

 Sugar maple. 

 White ash. 

 Sweet birch. 

 Hickory. 



Concrete Rammer Handles 

 Hickory. 

 Hornbeam. 



Crosscut Saw Handles. 

 Beech. 



Sugar maple. 

 Hickory. 



Door Knods. 



Sugar maple. 



D-Fork Handles. 

 White ash. 



D-Shovel Handles. 

 White ash. 

 Sugar maple. 



Fork Handles. 

 White ash. 

 Cherry. 



Gral) Maul Handles. 

 Hornbeam. 

 Hickory. 



Hammer Handles. 

 White ash. 

 Hickory. 



Hatchet Handles. 

 Hickory. 

 White ash. 



Hay Knife Handles. 

 White ash. 



Hoe Handles. 

 White ash. 

 Sugar mapl3. 

 Beech. 

 Birch. 



Inst7-^iment Handles. 

 Rosewood. 

 Ebony. 



Jack Handles. 

 Hickory. 

 Sugar maple. 



Mallet Handles. 

 Dogwood. 

 Hornbeam. 

 Hickory. 



Maitl Handles. 

 Hickory. 



Mop Handles. 

 Beech. 



Sugar maple. 

 Birch.. 

 . Basswood. 



Pcavey Handles. 

 Hornbeam. 

 Hickory. 



Pick Handles. 

 Hickory. 

 . White oak. 

 Hornbeam. 



