UTILIZATION OF SYCAMOKE. y 
UTILIZATION BY INDUSTRIES. 
Statistics were collected by the Forest Service during the years 
1909 to 1913 on amounts of different woods consumed by factories. 
All industries using considerable amounts of sycamore were covered, 
with the exception of the slack cooperage industry. Statistics on 
the use of sycamore in this industry, prepared by the Bureau of the 
Census, are available for the year 1909. These data show a factory 
consumption of sycamore of over 33,000,000 board feet. 
Sycamore is used in the largest quantities by those States which 
are in the immediate region of the greatest supply — namely, Ken- 
tucky, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Indiana, and Tennessee. On 
account of the great tobacco industries located in Virginia and 
North Carolina, these States also use large amounts. Accurate 
figures on the amount used by each State can not be obtained, for 
the reason that some manufacturing firms have factories in different 
States. Certain quantities of sycamore lumber and plywood stock 
are shipped from one factory to another, and the amount used by 
each factory is not reported separately. It is estimated that about 
90 per cent of all. the sycamore used by factories is consumed in the 
eight States mentioned. 
Table 6. — Use of sycamore in factories in the United States, by industries. Compiled 
from reports for years between 1909 and 1913, inclusive. 
Industry. 
Quantity 
used 
annually. 
Per cent. 
Boxes and crates. 
Slack cooperage 
Furniture and fixtures 
Planing-mill products: Sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork. 
Butchers' bfocks 
Musical instruments 
Agricultural implements 
Carpet sweepers 
Trunks 
Shade and map rollers '. 
Handles 
Sewing machines 
Woodenware and novelties 
Toys 
Brushes • 
Vehicles and vehicle parts 
Ship and boat building 
Saddles and harness 
Sporting and athletic goods 
Frames and molding, picture , 
Laundry appliances * 
Feet b. 
17, 131 
7,266 
3,499 
1,723 
1,600 
304 
290 
270 
255 
202 
156 
150 
107 
91 
.74 
62 
38 
34 
30 
30 
2 
m , 
, 693 
,000 
,226 
, 550 
,000 
,600 
,000 
000 
000 
,000 
,000 
,000 
,500 
,343 
,300 
,600 
,000 
,500 
,500 
,000 
,000 
51.42 
21.81 
10.51 
5.17 
4. SO 
.91 
.87 
.81 
.77 
.61 
.47 
.45 
.32 
.27 
.22 
.19 
.11 
.10 
Total. 
33,318,812 
100.00 
Table 6 gives the .■• quantities of sycamore used annually and the 
proportions, as repo: ted by different wood-using industries. These 
figures are in term? of amounts consumed, except those for slack 
cooperage, which gi e the amounts produced. Since these data were 
compiled from rep rts for years between 1909 and 1913, inclusive, 
they do not reprer jnt accurately the present amounts used. They 
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