Oxford Democrat., 1914-07-14
Of Wood by industries.

cousumptiea Of Wood by Industries.
Statistics have been compiled BY the
forest service which show for tho first
time precisely how the lumber produced
In the country 10 utilized. About 40
billion feet nf lumber Of all kinds IL the
annual production In the United States;
of this nearly 25 billion feet, board
measure, arc further manufactured, tho
Other portion remaining for rough con-
struction lumber and for similar pur-
poses. This IL exclusive OF material
which reaches Its final use In the form OF
fuel, railroad ties, posts, poles, pulp.
wood, cooperage, wood distillAtes, ana
the barks and extracts demanded by the
tanning industry. -,
The work of collecting and compiling
the figures extended over considerable
period and was carried out state by
state; but Is ono full year was made the
basis of statistics In each state the to-
tai 10 fair average of the use OF lumber
in further manufacture in the whole
country. Between 80 and 90 per cent OF
the lumber produced 10 subject to fur
ther manufacture. In preparing the hg-
ures in this way, however, 1t should be
remembered that considerable material
reaches shop and factories in the form OF
logs, bolts, and billets without having
passed through sawmills, and while this
material Is included in these statistics
this fact should be remembered In COM
pairing statistics with those OF lumber
production.
Nearly or quite 100 different woods
are used in this country under their own
names, while an unknown number find
their way to shops and factories without
being identified or separately listed, ex-
cept under general names. In quantity
the softwoods, the needle-leaf or confer
ous trees, are most important, but there
is greater number Of species among
the hardwoods, or broadleaf trees.
Yellow pine comes first with more than
8 billion feet, followed by white pine
with 8 billion, and Douglas fir with .
little more than billion. It should be
understood, however, that the term
"yellow pine" includes several species,
the three most important of which are
lopgleaf, shortleaf and loblolly. Oak,
including all species, has nearly 2 bill
lion feet, and 10 the most important
Maple comes next.
Dogwood comes about hallway down
the list with moro than million board
feet, and Of those species mentioned
Turkish boxwood comes last, with less
than 80 thousand feet, followed by many
others too Insignificant to list but max
ing total of all kinds Of moro than q
million feet. OF the native species, lau.
rel, holly and yucca fall very near the
foot of the list In relative quantities
used.
Fifty-tive principal industries use
wood as raw material. Their relative
Importance is hard to Indicate, because
quantity alone is not in all cases cr'-
terion of value of an industry to the
in which 1t Is situated, nor
to the country as whole.
More than one.balf of the total con.
sumption consists of planning mill prod
ucts, the largest items of which are
flooring, siding, ceiling, and finishing.
The next industry, In point Of quantity
Of wood used, is the manufacture OF
boxes and crates. Nearly four times
as much wood is demanded by makers
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steam and and electric cars, which come
next, and five fold the amount that goes
into furniture, which in turn leads vehi-
Gle manufacture. Vehicles demand sur.
prisingly large supplies of wood, and
much Of it must be of high class in or
der to meet requirements for frames,
gears, and bodice.
Chairs, listed separately from fulni-
ture, come after novelties and supplies
for dairymen, poultry keepers, and apia-
rists, and just before handles, and must
cal instruments. About midway down
the list come pumps and wood pipes.
Among the products important enough
to list separately are canes and um-
brells sticks, brooms, firearms, artificial
limbs, and tobacco pipes.
The apportioument Of wood among
the various industries, grades from plan
ing mill products, which take most,
down to seroplanes and dry kilns, at the
bottom of the list.