RED ALDER OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 
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UTILIZATION BY INDUSTRIES 
Industries using red alder are considered as belonging in one of 
two classes, depending on the form of raw material used: (1) Those 
which depend entirely upon the log or bolt and (2) those which use 
mainly lumber or dimension stock for further manufacture into 
various products. The former class is termed primary and the latter 
secondary. 
All the red alder cut in Oregon and Washington in 1923, so far as 
reported, was consumed by the secondary wood-using industries of 
these States in the form of logs or lumber, excepting only that used 
for veneer and for fuel. 
Table 5 shows the relative demands made on alder by the wood- 
using industries of Oregon and Washington in 1910 and 1923. Each 
of these industries is discussed individually in the following pages, 
and the particular articles manufactured by them are enumerated. 
Table 5. — Summary of red alder used in Oregon and Washington, 1910 and 1923 
Industry- 
1910 
1923 
Furniture. 
Board feet 
792, 500 
625, 000 
20, 000 
Board feet 
9, 653, 000 
Chairs and chair stock .__ _ 
2, 410, 000 
"Woodenware and novelties . _ _ _ _ _ 
560, 000 
Veneer. 
290, 000 
Paper plugs. _ __ _ _ 
250, 000 
Fixtures.. . 
196, 000 
105, 000 
Miscellaneous .. 
100, 000 
Brushes and brooms 
40, 000 
Apiarists' and dairymen's supplies. _ _ _ 
20, 000 
Handles ._ ... __ _ ___ 
361, 700 
15, 000 
Laundry appliances __ 
10, 000 
Motor vehicles.. _____ 
3,000 
General millwork __ __ _ 
436, 000 
240, 000 
8,000 
5,500 
Columns _ _____ 
Saddles and stirrups ._ 
Pullevs __ 
Total _ 
2, 684, 700 
13, 456, 000 
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES 
LUMBER 
Practically all the alder lumber produced in Oregon and Wash- 
ington is used by the secondary wood-using industries of these States. 
Over 70 per cent of it, however, is sawed by relatively small concerns 
engaged solely in the production of alder lumber. In 1923 these 
" independent " alder mills produced 9,361,000 board feet of lumber. 
The rest of the lumber cut, or 3,805,000 feet, was produced by the 
secondary industries themselves, largely from purchased logs. 
Very little alder veneer is produced at present, and most of it is 
used by the furniture industry. In 1923, 275,000 feet of alder was 
consumed for rotary-cut veneer and 15,000 feet for sliced veneer. 
Rotwry-cut veneer. — Logs to be suitable for the manufacture of 
rotary-cut veneer must be at least 12 inches in diameter at the small 
end, reasonably clear, straight, and sound. 
