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Show CONSUMPTION OF WOOD BY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Statistics havo been compiled by the forest service which show for the first time precisely how the lumber produced In tho country Is utilized. About 45 billion feet of lumber ot all kinds Is the annual production in the United Slates; ot this nearly 25 bit-Hon bit-Hon feet, board measure, are further manufactured, tho other portion remaining re-maining for rough construction lumber lum-ber and tor similar purposes. This 1b exclusive of material which rcKches Its final uso In tho form of fuel, railroad rail-road ties, posts, poles, pulpwood, cooperage, coop-erage, wood distillates, and tho barks and extracts demanded by the tanning Industry. Tho work of collecting hnd compiling compil-ing the figures extended over a considerable con-siderable period and was carried out state by state; but as one full year was made the basis ot statistics in each state the total is a fair average of the use of lumber in further manufacture man-ufacture In the wholo country. Between Be-tween 60 and 60 per cent of the lumber lum-ber produced Is' subject to further manufacture. In preparing the figures fig-ures In this way-,- however, It should be remembered that considerable material ma-terial reaches shops and factories in the form ot Iocs, bolts, and billets without having passed through' saw-mills, saw-mills, and while this material Is Included In-cluded In these statistics this fact Bhould be remembered in comparing statistics with those of lumber production. pro-duction. Nearly or quite 100 different woods nro used In this country under their own names, while an unknown num ber find their way to suops nnu inc-lories inc-lories without being Identified or separately sep-arately listed, except under general names. In quantity tho softwoods, tho nced'.o lent or coniferous trees, tiro most Important, but thcro Is n greater number ot species among tho hardwoods, or broadleaf trees. Yellow Yel-low pine comes first with more than S billion feet, followed by whlto plno with 3 billion, and Douglas fir with a little more than 2 billions. It should bo understood, however, thnt tho term yellow pine, Includes Boveral species tho threo most Important of which dro longleaf, Bhortlont nnd loblolly. Oak, Including all species, has near-ly near-ly 2 billion feet, and Is tho most Important Im-portant hardwood. Maple comes next. Dogwood comes about half way down the list with moro than 7 million mil-lion board feet, iind ot those species mentioned Turkish boxwood comes Inst, with less than 30 thousand feet, followed!b,y, many others too insignificant insig-nificant to list', but making a total ot all kinds ot more than a million feet. Of tho native species, lhurol, holly and yuca fall very near tho foot of tho list in relative quantities used. Flfty-flvo principal Industries use wood as raw material. Their relative rela-tive -Importance Is hard to Indicate, because quantity alone 4s not In all cases a criterion ot value ot an Industry Indus-try to the .community In which It is situated, nor to the country as a whole. ""-, T ,l Moro than one-half of the tothl consumption con-sumption consists of planing mill products, pro-ducts, tho largest Items of whlcn are flooring, siding, colling, nnd finishing. Tho noxt Industry, In point of quantity of wood used, Is tho manufneturo ot boxes and crates. Nearly four times as much wood Is domanded by.mnk-ers by.mnk-ers of boxes nnd crates as by tho builders of steam and olectrlc cars, which .come next, and ilvo fold tho amount thnt goe3 Into furniture, which In turu leads vehicle manufacture. manufac-ture. Vehicles demand surprisingly largo supplies of wood, and much of It muRt bo of n high class In order to meet requirements for frames, gears, and bodies. Chairs, listed separately from fur-nlturo, fur-nlturo, como nftor novoltles and supplies sup-plies for dairymen, poultry keepers, and apiarists, nnd Just beforo handles, nnd musical Instruments. About midway mid-way down tho list como pumps and wood pipes. Among tho products Important Im-portant enough to list separately are canes and umbrella sticks, brooms, flrcarmB, artificial limbs, and tobacco pipes. The apportionment of wood among ---,,. ., tho various industries, grades from planing mill products, which take most, down to aeroplanes and dry kilns, at the bottom of the list. |
