The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-24
ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF WOOD BY THE WOOD MAN.
 .UFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Statistics have been compiled by the forest service which show for the first time precisely how the lumber produced in the country is utilized. About 46 billion feet of lumber of all kinds is the annual production in the United States; of this nearly 25 billion feet, board measure, are fur fher manufactured, the other portion remaining for rough construction lurn- ber and for similar purposes. This is exclusive of material which reaches it's final use in the form of fuel, rail- road ties, posts, poleas pulpweod, cooperage, wood distinates, and the barks and extracts demanded by the
 The work of collecting and compil- ing the figures extended over a con- siderable period and was carried out state by state; but as one full year was made the basis of statistics in each state the total is a fair average of the use of lumber in further man ufacture in the whole country. Be- tween 50 and 60 percent of the 1um- Der produced is subject to further nanpfacture. In preparing the figures in this way, however, it should be remembered that considerable rna- terta1 reaches shops and factories in the form of logs, bo1tss and bil1ets without having passed through saw mills, and while this material is in cluded in these statistics this fact should be remembered in comparing statistics with those of lumber pro- duction- - Nearly or quqite 100 different woods are used in this country under their own thames, while an unknown number find their way to shops and factories without being identified or separately listed, except under gen eraI names Tn quantity the soft woods, the needle-1eaf or coniferous trees, are most important, but there Fz a fnr rsf faer nr the hardwoods, or broadleaf trees. Yellow pine comes first with more than billion feet, followed by white pine with 8 billion, and Douglas fir with a. little more than 9 billion. It should be understood, however, that the term yellow pine'' includes sew eraI species the tree most important of which are 1ongleaf, shortIeaf and Iob1o1Iy. Oak, including all species, has nearly billion feet, and is the most important hardwood. Maple comes next
 Dogwood comes about halfway down the list with more than mill lion board feet, and of those species mentioned Turkish boxwood comes last, with less than 80 thousand feet, followed by many others too insignifi- cant to list, but making a, total of all kinds of more than a million feet. Of the native species, laurel, holly and yucca fall very near the foot of the Iast in relative quantities used.
 F1fty-five principal industries use wood as raw material Their relative importance is hard to indicate, be- cause quantity alone is not in all eases d criterion of value of an industry to the community in which it is situat- ed, nor to the country as a whole.
 More than one-ha1f of the total con sumption consists of blaming mill pro- ducfa, the largest items of which are flooring, siding, ceiling, and finishing. The next industry, in point of quan- tfty of wood used is the manufac- kure of boxes and crates. Nearly four times am much wood is demanded by rnnM#Rm nf nuxsa and crates ali by the buh1&HWm C& mtnnxa aud eienfzlc ca4rns