UTILIZATION OF DOGWOOD AND PERSIMMON 
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and shuttle manufacturers report that in years past they have tried 
one or two of the woods listed in the table, and that the results were 
not entirely satisfactory. In each instance, however, it seems that 
the fault was not so much in the properties of the wood as in the 
quality of the bolts submitted for trial. 
Should any of the woods from the West prove otherwise satis- 
factory for shuttles the conditions of labor for cutting and market- 
ing the trees would differ considerably from those in the East, 
where farmers, woodland owners, and merchants are more readily 
available for the job of supplying the demand for raw material. 
Fig. 23. — Waste edgings for use as fuel 
More difficulty in obtaining adequate quantities of the rough bolts 
might therefore be experienced in the West. 
BLUE BEECH 
The blue beech ( Carpinus caroliniana) , which occurs most abund- 
antly and in largest size on the western slopes of the southern 
Allegheny Mountains and eastern Texas, sometimes attains a di- 
ameter of 20 inches and a height of 30 or 40 feet. Because it grows 
among larger hardwoods, blue beech is almost entirely disregarded, 
except for the very finest trees, which are cut into stock for handles 
and vehicles. No thorough trial of blue beech for shuttles has ever 
been made. Its scattered occurrence presents very much the same 
problem in cutting and marketing as does dogwood. 
