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Rockers. 



White oak. 

 Red oak. 



Tricycle Seats. 

 Yellow poplar. 

 Basswood. 



Stick Horses. 

 H eads. 



White pine. 

 Yellow poplar. 



Sticks. 

 Basswood. 

 White pine. 



Wheels. 

 Beech. 

 Sweet birch. 



Stocks, Pop Oun. 

 Basswood. 

 Beech , 



Sugar maple. 



Swings. 



Red oak. 

 Sugar maple. 



Walkers. 



Hard maple. 

 Yellow poplar. 

 Red gum. 

 Beech. 



Rocking Horses. 

 White ash. 



Toy Parts. 



Basswood. 

 Beech. 

 Cotton gum. 

 Spruce. 



Yellow poplar. 

 Hard maple. 

 Red oak. 

 White oak. 



Wagons and Autos. 

 White pine. 

 Basswood. 

 Yellow poplar. 



Tops. 



Birch. 

 Beech. 



Yellow poplar. 

 Chestnut. 

 Soft maple. 

 Sugar maple. 

 White oak. 

 Red oak. 



WheeWarrovjs. 

 White pine. 

 Basswood. 

 Yellow poplar. 



Xylophones. 



Sugar maple. 

 Rosewood. 



Basswood is the principal material for wooden toys and for the wooden 

 parts of metal toys. It is not only demanded in the greatest amount but 

 it enters into the manufacture of more kinds than any other species. It 

 alone supplied the material for the all-wood doll which is made in no other 

 state. This doll is unique, ingenious, and wonderfully useful, in that 

 nearly all parts, — body, arms, legs, hands, feet, — even the head — are 

 made of solid wood. The face is artistically carved and when enameled in 

 lifelike colors and the doll dressed, it is difficult to tell that it is made of 

 wood. The parts of the body are jointed with steel bands having swivel 

 connection, which gives flexibility and freedom of movement. The all- 

 wood doll is made with facial characteristics representative of different 

 nations and of comical characters. 



The making of toy pianos is another important division of this industry. 

 Basswood is the prevailing wood again and it goes into all the various 

 parts except the base of large size pianos where a stronger wood is needed, 

 and ash and oak meet this demand. Because it is easily bored and turned 

 to shape, this wood answers first for toy cannons. It is also principally used 

 for wooden animals in menageries and for horse heads and bodies for stick 

 horses. 



Though Pennsylvania was sixth in the list of states in the production of 

 basswood lumber, the toy manufacturers reported purchasing 60 per cent, 

 of their requirements from other states. Sugar maple, white pine, and 

 yellow poplar were used not only in almost equal amounts but the average 

 price paid for these woods was also nearly equal. That so much yellow pop- 



