21 ?V 1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 021 048 355 P S 21 1 ■ .A7 I Copy 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 605 4W?"^WL Contribution from the Forest Service HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester j&f^U Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER February 27, 1918 LUMBER USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. By J. C. Nellis, Forest Examiner. The importance of the wood-working industries among the manu- facturing industries of the country is indicated by the fact that lumber- working plants, of all classes, consume annually 24 J billion feet of wood. This is about 60 per cent of the annual lumber pro- duction of approximately 40 billion feet. The material is mostly lum- ber, but includes comparatively small quantities of veneer, bolts, and dimension stock. This report presents statistics showing the average annual con- sumption of wood by the wood-working industries in the United States. The basic data were secured by a series of State wood-using industry studies. Those for the more important States have been published separately. Although the State studies were begun in 1909 and were not completed until 1913, a period of 12 months was made the basis for the statistics for each State, and the final figures for the whole country here presented are therefore a very good average of the demand of each industry and the demand for each kind of wood. Lumber usually is remanufactured to a greater or less extent be- fore use, and in this report the product of the sawmill is not consid- ered. However, planing mills operated in connection with sawmills manufacture large quantities of flooring, ceiling, siding, finish and other patterns which really are finished products, and such material accordingly is covered by the statistics. About 40 per cent of the annual lumber cut is not worked by plan- ing mills or factories into finished products. About one-fifth of this (in normal times) is exported, while the rest is used in general build- ing and rough construction. Though all construction lumber re- quires cutting to length to make it fit into place, this industry was not considered by the studies, which canvassed only the wood-working factories. All imported woods used by factories are included in the statistics. 11909°— 18— Bull. 605 1 2 BULLETIN 605, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The wood-using studies were intended to supplement the annual reports on the consumption of wood for lath, shingles, cooperage, veneer, pulp, distillation, poles, and ties, and these industries there- fore are not covered in this report. In the case of Louisiana, Arkansas, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, the basis for compiling the figures for planing-mill products differs from the general plan of including only planing-mill patterns, in that nearly all dressed lumber, surfaced on from one to four sides, is also included in the figures for these States. Figure 1 shows graphically the comparative amounts used by each important industry in each State. Figure 2 shows graphically the comparative amounts of each im- portant wood used in each State. Table 1 gives detailed figures by industries and shows the amount of each kind of wood used by each industry. The scope of the statistics for the industries with titles that are not entirely descriptive is as follows: Planing-mill products cover standard patterns such as flooring, ceiling, and siding made in large quantities by planing mills in lumber-producing regions, while sash, doors, blinds, and millwork usually are made in millwork plants in the consuming regions. However, considerable quantities of doors and door stock are made in the Pacific Coast States. Boxes and crates cover all kinds of packing boxes and crates made of lumber or veneer, and also fruit and vegetable packages and baskets. Car construction covers wooden construction in all types of railroad and electric cars, as well as in locomotives and mine cars. Furniture includes household and office furniture, except chairs, kitchen furni- ture, and fixtures in business buildings. Vehicles take in horse vehicles, automobiles, bicycles, pushcarts, and wheelbarrows. Wood- enware and novelties embrace a thousand or more articles, such as kitchen utensils, wooden dishes, butter and cheese packages, meas- ures, pails, wooden novelties of all kinds, ladders, and supplies for dairymen, poulterers, and apiarists. Fixtures are such as show cases, counters, bars, and lodge and church furnishings. Shade and map rollers include also curtain and rug poles and Venetian blinds. Machine construction means wooden construction in machinery of all kinds. Shoe lasts, pegs, and shanks are boot and shoe findings. Four-sevenths of the wood used for professional and scientific instru- ments went for pencils, the rest for artists', photographers', and draftsmen's instruments, rules, and scientific apparatus. Billiard and pool tables, as well as gymnasium goods and all outdoor sporting goods, come under sporting and athletic goods. Mine equipment includes ventilating apparatus, brattices, breaker equipment, slope rollers, and sprags. Dowels are small rods used in fastening together furniture, fixtures, and doors. Under playground equipment come lawn swings and porch furniture. D. Of D. ; MAR 15 1918 & w\ jX lumber used in manufacture of wooden products. 3 The kinds of wood are classified according to rather broad com- mercial practice. The classification is practically the same as that used in the lumber census bulletins ; figures on the several species of each family or group are combined under the common name. Oak, maple, spruce, hemlock, birch, hickory, basswood, ash, elm, cedar, 1 willow, locust, and eucalyptus each covers its different species. Yellow pine includes the southern yellow pines, North Carolina pines, and minor eastern yellow pines. Western yellow pine is listed separately; trade names for it are western pine, western soft pine, and California white pine. White pine covers both northern and western (Idaho) white pine as well as Norway pine and jack pine. Cottonwood takes in the cottonwoods, aspen (or popple), and balm of Gilead. Tupelo includes cotton gum (called tupelo commercially), black gum, and water gum. Larch includes western larch and eastern tamarack. Mahogany covers all woods sold in this country as such. White fir includes the botanical white fir as well as grand and silver (amabilis) fir; the. other minor firs, noble, red, and alpine fir, usually sold as white fir, are listed separately. All other kinds of wood fisted are single species except that cypress, sycamore, cherry, dogwood, magnolia (cucumber, of the magnolia family, is shown separately), and buckeye are family names, but only one species of each is used commercially. Redwood sometimes includes lumber from the bigtree. The red-gum tree yields both commercial red and sap gum and both are covered herein by red gum. i Spanish cedar is listed separately. BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. LEGEND 1 PLANING MILL PRODUCTS, SASH". DOORS ANO GENERAL MILLWORK 2 BOXES AND CRATES 3 CAR CONSTRUCTION 4 FURNITURE 5 VEHICLES AND VEHICLE PARTS 6 WOODENWARE AND NOVELTIES 7 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 8 CHAIRS ANO CHAIR STOCK 9 HANDLES 10 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 11 ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES SHOWN SEPARATELY IN SOME STATES ARE INCLUDED IN 'ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES" IN THE LARGE SQUARE FOR THE US 12 TANKS AND SILOS 13 SHIP ANO BOAT BUILDING 14 FIXTURES 15 CASKETS AND COFFINS 16 REFRIGERATORS AND KITCHEN CABINETS 17 MATCHES AND TOOTHPICKS 18 LAUNDRY APPLIANCES 19 TRUNKS AND VAUSES 20 BOOT AND SHOE FINDINGS 21 SHUTTLES. SPOOLS AND BOBBINS 22 SEWING MACHINES Fig. 1.— The annual consumption of wood by the LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. SCALE ONE BILLION FEET BOARD MEASURE IS REPRESENTED BY THIS SQUARE NOVEMBER 1913 wood manufacturing industries (by industries). BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1 YELLOW PINE 2 WHITE PINE 3 DOUGLAS FIR A OAK 5 MAPLE 6 SPRUCE 7 RED GUM 8 WEMLOCK 10 CYPRESS 11 W. YELLOW PINE irBlRCH 13 HICKORY 14 BASSWOOD 15 COTTONWOOD 16 CHESTNUT 17 ASH 9 YELLOW POPLAR 18 BEECH 19 ALL OTHER KINDS OF WOOD THE FOLLOWING WOODS WHICH ARE IN- CLUDED IN THE U.S. SQUARE UNOER'ALL OTHER KINOS'ARE SHOWN SEPARATELY IN SOME STATES: 24 CEOAR ZS SUGAR PINE 26 BALSAM FIR 27 LODGEPOLE PINE 20 ELM 21 TUPELO 22 REOWOOO 23 LARCH Fig. 2.— The annual consumption of wood by the LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. SCALE ONE BILLION FEET BOARD MEASURE IS REPRESENTED BY THIS SQUARE v£M0ER 1913 wood manufacturing industries (by kinds of wood). 8 BULLETIN 605, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually Industry. Kind of wood. Total. Yellow pine. "White pine. Douglas fir. All industries. Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork. Boxes and crates Car construction Furniture Vehicles and vehicle parts Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- ers', and apiarists' supplies. Agricultural implements Chairs and chair stock Handles Musical instruments Tanks and silos Ship and boat building Fixtures Caskets and coffins Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. Matches and toothpicks Laundry appliances Shade and map rollers Paving material and conduits . Trunks and valises Machine construction Boot and shoe findings Picture frames and molding... Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. Tobacco boxes Sewing machines Pumps and wood pipe Pulleys and conveyors Professional and scientific instruments. Toys Gates and fencing Sporting and athletic goods. Patterns and flasks Bungs and faucets Plumbers' woodwork Electrical machinery and apparatus . Mine equipment Brushes D owels Elevators Saddles and harness Playground equipment Butchers' blocks and skewers. Clocks Signs and supplies Printing material Weighing apparatus Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks. Brooms and carpet sweepers Firearms Artificial limbs. Tobacco pipes.. Airplanes Feet b. m. 24,576,556,564 13,428,862,066 4,550,016,430 1,262,090,371 944,677,807 739,144,483 405,286,436 321,239,336 289, 790, 560 280,234,571 260,195,026 225,619,686 199,598,228 187, 132, 848 153,394,557 137,616,266 85,442,111 79,502,040 79,291,575 76,067,000 74,667,997 69,459,430 66,240,200 65,477,783 65,148,190 64,127,476 59,946,527 55,826,938 35,862,900 35,070,928 28,926,552 27,450,540 25,191,907 24,299,403 21,112,342 20,313,450 18,188,910 16,987,697 12,878,986 11,980,500 10,018,680 9,218,000 9,064,812 8,197,050 7,894,249 6,888,366 5,324,794 5,021,550 4,946,880 2,277,334 2,093,901 687,080 489,515 74,300 Feet b. m. 1,610,685,624 6,447,780,805 1,044,993,123 678,114,162 18,926,400 31,205,478 18,566,406 98,453,396 20,000 67,000 2,107,994 41,291,700 65,698,652 11,612,365 11,970,650 7,872,931 1,397,000 1,150,000 65,092,000 15,277,990 22,461,088 "5," 498," 666' Feet b. m. 3,112,698,017 1,543,345,756 1,131,969,940 75,382,166 9,332,808 1,675,277 47,744,797 8,243,440 815,068 25,500 9,394,820 17,007,600 14,256,006 4,864,150 33,170,942 8,613,186 73,059,611 3,026,870 61,450,000 1,850,000 7,299,500 5,405,405 Feet b. m. 2,273,788,484 1,991,177,352 7,349,840 86,544,784 11,387,790 930, 610 2,005,175 2,537,250 65,000 247, 200 480,400 89,705,322 44,342,081 5,512,310 6,000 543,600 184,500 3,000,000 3,500,000 5,812,300 130,000 199,425 985,100 '"*6,"666 65,000 373,230 250,000 46,600 6,765,000 943,000 1,951,447 262,250 1,264,900 1,263,000 3,622,868 1,448,012 926,571 428,856 337,000 1,180,750 12,524,000 285,000 601,670 2,367,131 3,883,500 805,300 17,854,635 287,000 786,500 3,022,700 239,000 75,000 25,000 1,692,450 10,000 42,000 200,000 476,064 3,266,950 11,550 168,000 21,351,480 129,000 30,000 805,000 85,000 54,090 138,000 415,200 130,500 1,000 36,000 *i62*96(V LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OP WOODEN PRODUCTS. in the manufacture of wooden products. Kind of wood — Continued. Oak. Maple. Spruce. Red gum. Hemlock. Yellow poplar. Cypress. Western yellow pine. Birch. Feet b. m. 1,983,584,491 501,367,772 56,362,111 305,276,814 431,053,289 212,918,361 7,716,860 69, 346, 130 135,269,118 12,458,472 20,638,480 5,042,401 32,382,311 62,681,744 7, 544, 255 31,351,521 Feet b. m. 919,420,274 317,634,231 96,831,648 5, 789, 298 87,571,456 35,863,267 38,255,880 48,319,210 47,264,747 41,238,446 45,482,775 200,000 1,014,167 20,701,026 110,000 6, 375, 242 1,200,000 14,219,000 879, 925 Feet b. m. 805,050,195 350,528,295 335,935,643 8,799,060 2, 270, 500 835, 650 28,591,148 2,623,500 10,000 18,000 29, 144, 150 10,233,500 7, 783, 980 2,016,816 1,700,000 5, 555, 690 750,000 2,301,000 7, 063, COO Feet b. m. 797,343,658 121,366,583 102,121,640 1,035,640 102,237,867 26, 650, 314 8,358,296 11,976,000 8, 790, 280 6, 654, 300 9, 243, 825 1,085,000 164,000 5,491,170 7,010,520 13, 483, 400 Feet b. m. 708,752,769 442,050,165 203,526,091 12,455,379 7,053,446 448,678 2, 136, 522 1,257,400 216,000 500,000 615,600 1,777,000 4, 745, 775 473, 300 1,985,000 6,934,872 Feet b. m. 680,936, 848 236,047,697 165,416,737 32,439,064 53, 374, 580 48, 665, 960 7,278,889 12,412,300 1,140,000 211,900 40,371,925 240,000 448,077 14,574,881 9, 640, 860 5, 985, 729 500,000 1, 026, 200 326,000 Feet b.m. 668,353,342 508,728,575 38, 962, 895 1,676,400 3,477,800 1,320,951 8,693,450 2,682,000 Feet b. m. 563,816,810 264,920,778 288,291,927 4, 242, 500 1,806,985 182,300 262,500 219,000 30,000 Feet b. m. 481,293,680 133,867,989 90, 787, 900 5, 830, 429 54,677,450 14, 227, 125 29, 547, 890 4,704,000 30,114,332 9, 908, 250 122,000 70,000 35, 408, 575 5,014,741 3, 364, 550 19,157,633 1,700,500 12,349,055 127,000 518, 500 961, 720 543,500 50,000 1,055,167 15,255,129 191,000 3, 628, 106 3,575,000 3,876,500 93,000 427, 500 294,000 3,395,000 2,065,200 1,300,000 15,321,300 20,000 5,000 4,500 8,295,864 3,000 16,043,423 39,000 403,200 19,106,250 565,800 7,343,500 372, 100 1,444,057 2,640,700 2,497,559 182, 200 250,000 14,031,200 4,936,000 4, 826, 472 90,900 77,000 956,200 1,248,000 2, 576, 800 12,000 2,637,027 12,000 272, 100 158,000 20,000 405,000 5,047,000 3, 597, 981 54,050,000 309, 150 13,531,450 96,450 324,148 1,706,000 2,436,000 4, 425, 167 3, 964, 400 140,000 4,913,815 118,150 854,900 388, 300 1,190,650 949, 200 1,911,897 1,354,500 1, 562, 262 1,450,500 854,000 2,145,050 80,000 101,500 703, 786 451,000 1,101,100 564,500 1,759,850 729,775 1,783,005 206,500 7,000,000 3, 268, 191 2, 988, 500 2, 2C8, 577 190,000 2, 158, 814 701,000 7, 358, 919 8,039,244 1,974,000 400,000 1,001,400 882,000 5,000 970, 200 344, 330 18,010,000 819,000 561, 700 86,500 282,265 1,275,000 15,868,405 361,000 2.000 71,500 470,406 7,483,000 3,133,700 325,000 7,675,040 270,000 6,898,270 20,774,280 3,089,628 19,677,500 75,500 523,000 451,000 3«, 192, 000 1,559,027 206,000 55,500 745, 000 1,062,050 3,123,950 2,055,000 3,000 23,000 150,000 681,040 166,000 74,000 177,000 16,000 1,300 1,071,000 191,800 478, 238 110,000 200.000 5,000 8,000 241,000 5,152,000 180,600 580,600 33,000 300,000 983,233 150,000 1,000 325,000 416,000 202,500 250, 100 284, 800 15,000 136, 500 1,200 7,000 305,000 25,000 201,000 2, 404, 500 804,200 1, 980, 700 257, 600 2, 328, 750 336,075 1,913,000 30,000 7,000 90,000 10,000 1,400 8,149,000 73,000 1,003,800 334,600 22,200 85,000 10,000 28,000 10,000 1,078,500 30,000 1,750,000 37, 000 200,000 15,000 100,000 147,500 240,000 1,085,000 100,600 150,000 73,000 52,044 10,000 1,060,000 30,000 30,000 500 1,000,000 242, 209 1,820,000 5,000 675, 0C0 20,000 110,000 345,000 580,000 530, 500 147,100 353,000 12,000 2,000 3,500 46,600 4,200 11909°— 18— Bull. 605- 10 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually Industry. Kind of wood. Hickory. Basswood. Cottonwood. Chestnut All industries . Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork Boxes and crates Car construction Furniture Vehicles and vehicle parts Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- ers' , and apiarists' supplies Agricultural implements Chairs and chair stock Handles Musical instruments Tanks and silos Ship and boat building Fixtures Caskets and coffins Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. Matches and toothpicks Laundry appliances Shade and map rollers Paving material and conduits. Trunks and valises Machine construction Boot and shoe findings Picture frames and molding . . Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. Tobacco boxes Sewing machines Pumps and wood pipe Pulleys and conveyors Professional and scientific instruments . Toys Gates and fencing Sporting and athletic goods. Patterns and flasks Bungs and faucets Plumbers' woodwork Electrical machinery and apparatus . Mine equipment Brushes Dowels Elevators Saddles and harness Playground equipment Butchers' blocks and skewers . Clocks Signs and supplies Printing material Weighing apparatus Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks. Brooms and carpet sweepers Firearms Artificial limbs. Tobacco pipes.. Airplanes Feet 6. m. 389,604,531 2,489,288 767, 920 1,226,706 843, 600 239,491,910 1,567,011 9,860,470 1, 192, 200 120, 294, 466 225 110, 195 26,000 150,000 2,500 "i73,766 1, 113, 135 25,000 10,000 872,000 Feet b. m. 369,640,782 60,557,122 86, 979, 611 5,148,521 33, 146, 276 6,418,308 58,563,923 7,861,750 1, 758, 338 2,285,885 10,968,180 5,000 959,000 7,114,755 2,728,038 5,221,634 5,575,000 4,980,670 702,500 Feet b. m. 322,642,796 21,428,700 210,519,509 3,037,468 5,158,309 33,278,658 13,315,296 15,143,000 126, 000 27,000 2,351,000 14,026 1,553,351 555, 000 4,420,322 375,000 7,991,500 925,000 '97i,"332 21,164,406 1,155,403 3,599,200 20, 340, 700 1, 947, 000 4, 206, 250 310,000 1,973,325 293,000 5,000 1,000 175,000 6,750 326, 912 600 4,944,000 6,000 625,000 2,619,070 8,739,242 50,000 318, 600 123,500 42,000 170 257,000 60,000 816,363 125, 000 30,500 100 12,800 100, 000 1,310,000 245,000 299,000 7,500 758,300 167,500 10,000 52,000 50, 000 5,000 46,000 20,500 84,666 1, 415, 000 100, 000 352,600 35,000 32,500 100, 000 40,010 1,000 2,000 Feet b. m. 298,849,801 82, 267, 497 36, 216, 700 825,074 44,734,180 972,809 20, 853, 100 884,000 5, 240, 630 10,000 38, 125, 141 15,000 751, 295 8,039,595 46,586,629 1,508,753 20,500 460,000 562,500 272,375 i,'3i4,'650 540,000 120, 000 367, 000 966, 268 5,121,500 222, 000 175,200 114,000 112, 700 854, 405 31,500 19,000 290,000 255,800 LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 11 in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. Kind of wood— Continued. Ash. Beech. Elm. Tupelo. Redwood. Larch. Cedar. Sugar pine. Balsam fir. Feet b. m. 295, 461, 482 21,304,374 10,507,308 18, 163, 433 15,668,588 43,974,668 62, 635, 800 10, 677, 400 2,765,050 64,156,872 2,377,332 866,000 7,985,554 2, 783, 822 20,000 • 19,066,380 Feet 6. m. 278,203,632 58,394,284 77,899,280 1, 873, 700 21, 163, 204 5, 497, 743 14,101,553 4, 968, 490 27,187,621 16, 691, 207 4,186,000 150,000 219,366 1,109,000 Feet b. m. 218,200,988 6,218,860 63, 726, 458 1,221,121 12, 154, 102 31, 296, 922 16,383,426 7,249,000 23,157,586 3,060,307 15,602,440 15,000 706,600 6,368,275 Feet 6. m. 127,958,309 17,003,448 74,982,910 114, 168 2,529,000 1,067,600 5,366,900 1,140,000 191,000 Feet b. m. 122,326,779 92,759,519 2,439,500 120,000 355, 250 259,000 3,208,150 200,500 Feet 6. m. 114,029,275 88,484,081 7,470,300 1,537,669 154,000 Feet b. m. 102,248,253 45,187,611 2,512,150 339, 487 1, 856, 100 2,500 6, 405, 470 Feet b. m. 59,211,298 31,795,077 24,686,000 61,328 375,510 6,000 419,063 50,000 Feet b. m. 53,262,030 10, 863, 300 40, 173, 700 700, 750 1,000 586,880 416, 700 100,000 34,500 460,000 20,000 138, 490 248, 000 500,000 39,500 286,200 8,124,938 837,500 1,074,710 1,782,000 161,000 17,500 4,549,400 .6,999,722 977, 345 5,901,718 1,004,400 10, 750 200,500 206,650 101, 400 9,745,000 328,525 2,000 787,000 13,046,100 56,000 710,000 407, 500 4,867,000 5,000 100, 000 6,000 100 111,500 161, 150 9,580,000 362,000 1,365,000 3,842,000 1,006,000 1,050,000 13,000 2,000 2,000 30,000 100,000 4,475,000 534, 435 1,404,362 520,000 711,000 445,000 1,200,595 3,523,500 6, 409, 286 831,000 2,000 43, 000 11,000 4,000 25,000 27,500 58,500 281,845 437,000 240,000 250,000 10,376,217 ■2,200,000 529,500 639,000 12,000 5,000 47,632 2,730 1,809,000 61,000 16,000 9,117,500 246,750 975,500 512, 100 123, 600 895,300 700 3, 180, 000 35,000 52,500 1,976,000 1,259,600 3,221,506 20,000 200,000 200 2,042,055 155,000 3,226,750 40,000 512,000 31,220 20,050,000 23,500 i 133,000 48,000 465,500 222,500 265, 400 30,000 212,000 10,500 850,000 20,000 500 1,033,200 2,000 294,350 536,000 87,000 43, 425 36, 400 29,000 145,700 2,103,000 180,000 20,000 55,666 463,000 8,800 187,000 175,000 68,500 276,000 334,000 1 425,000 1,195,525 6, 378, 894 1,834,000 700,000 735,000 3,589,760 1,000 24,000 18,000 3,440 15,000 20,000 1,000 36,000 15,000 10,000 2,658,600 3,083,500 920, 000 9,714 322,816 200,000 84,200 147,460 20,000 20,000 391,000 5,900 30, 000 236, 984 289,900 335, 000 2,822,500 98,350 10,000 2,000 12,000 12 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. Table 1. — Quantity of each hind of wood used annually Kind of wood. Industry. Mahogany. Spanish cedar. Sycamore. Black walnut. All industries Feet b. m. 50,575.999 7,336,932 13,000 5,986,198 15,637,125 516,399 72,305 500 2, 455, 700 29, 000 8,610,355 Feet b. m. 30,323,441 8,123 Feet b. m. 26,052,812 1, 723, 550 16,451,693 Feetb. vn. 23,988,346 4,606,420 163,250 256, 181 1,689,957 390, 450 38,547 8,000 263, 200 29, 050 4,991,808 Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork Boxes and crates Car construction Furniture 2,500 500 10,000 1,474,882 62,600 607, 500 290, 000 971,344 156, 000 304, 600 Vehicles and vehicle parts Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- ers', and apiarists' supplies Agricultural implements Chairs and chair stock Handles Musical instruments 7,750 Tanks and silos Ship and boat building 1,190,192 5, 527, 819 1,528,294 6,800 27, 300 38, 000 713,000 3,750 660, 635 474,000 Fixtures Caskets and coffins 300 Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. . 340,000 Laundry appliances 2,000 202,000 20,000 2.000 Shade and map rollers 5,000 Trunks and valises 500 5,885 5,000 Machine construction 10,817 Picture frames and molding 171,200 30,000 125, 004 Tobacco boxes 161,200 91,878 30,203,068 430,000 150,000 7,796,815 Sewing machines Pumps and wood pipe . . . Professional and scientific instruments 84,862 71,200 Toys 91,343 Sporting and athletic goods 100,000 271,659 31, 500 31,400 30,500 41,000 21,500 56, 000 10,300 452,600 Patterns and flasks Bungs and faucets Plumbers' woodwork 127,000 - 301,700 Electrical machinery and apparatus Brushes 35,300 1,000 74,300 26,700 Elevators 1,000 Saddles and harness 34,500 Butchers' blocks and skewers. . 1,600,000 Clocks 204, 196 58,527 Signs and supplies. . . Printing material . 48,500 4,000 15,000 30,500 Weighing apparatus Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks 20,000 500 1,700,135 Brooms and carpet sweepers 270,000 Firearms Airplanes . . 6,000 LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 13 in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued . Kind of wood — Continued. Cherry. White fir. Willow. Dogwood. Noble fir. Magnolia. Buckeye. Persim- mon. Cucumber. Feet b. m. 12,047,210 1,674,235 170, 500 1, 965, 570 622, 530 39, 650 62, 350 300 56, 000 617, 500 334, 180 500 184, 976 2,231,750 33,000 7,500 Feet b. m. 11, 338, 580 8. 162, 250 3,142,080 Feet b. m. 10,664,770 266,000 10,004,600 Feet b.m. 7,518,177 6,000 Feet b. m. 6, 653, 500 Feet b. ra, 6, 156, 500 116, 900 5,449,000 Feet b.m. 5,486,047 694, 400 3,174,028 Feet b. m. 3,571,760 Feet b. m. 2, 660, 700 1,415,800 524,000 6, 653, 500 40, 000 477, 100 9,500 415,000 63,419 83,700 35, 000 16,000 3,000 31, 250 3,800 128,000 34 650,000 1,100 19,000 190, 230 7,000 6,000 1,000 150,000 ! 27,000 10,000 207, 500 20,000 2,000 2,000 125, 000 415,000 60,500 25,000 10,000 5,000 413,000 214,000 20,000 7, 060, 425 2,909,760 75,000 L 10, 000 732, 750 2,000 31,200 600 165, 594 1 6,000 206,000 1 3,000 1 92, 400 27,800 147, 288 9,000 1,000 488, 900 10,000 2,000 1,000 15,000 67,000 300,000 75,000 2,089,625 7,500 10,000 56, 170 • 1 i 14 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually Kind of wood. Industry. Butternut. Red alder. Lodgepole pine. Red fir. All industries Feet b. m. 2,310,793 231,700 578,000 1,300 593, 500 11,500 159,000 10,000 20,546 2,000 98, 100 Feet b. m. 2,248,700 436,000 Feet 6. m. 1,979,500 969,500 Feet b. m. 1,854,830 524,000 1,328,330 Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork Boxes and crates Car construction 1,000,000 1,000 8,000 Furniture 792,500 2,500 Vehicles and vehicle parts Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- ers', and apiarists' supplies 20,000 Agricultural implements Chairs and chair stock 625,000 361,700 Handles Musical instruments Tanks and silos Ship and boat building 78,237 393, 600 16,000 Fixtures Caskets and coffins 1,000 Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets Shade and map rollers 5,000 Paving material and conduits Trunks and valises Machine construction 5,000 Pulleys and conveyors 10,000 30, 000 10,000 5,500 Professional and scientific instruments Gates and fencing Patterns and flasks ' 42,710 14,600 Bungs and faucets Plumbers' woodwork Electrical machinery and apparatus Elevators Saddles and harness 8,000 Playground equipment Butchers' blocks and skewers Signs and supplies Printing material Weighing apparatus Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks Brooms and carpet sweepers Artificial limbs LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 15 in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. Kind of wood — Continued. Circassian walnut. Padouk. Hack- berry. Lignum- vitae. Teak. West Indian boxwood. Alpine fir. Locust. Horn- beam. Feet b. m. 1, 744, 779 740,212 Feet b. m. 1, 386, 530 333,792 Feet b. m. 1, 128, 000 441,000 315, 000 Feet b. m. 952, 126 Feet 6. m. 926,969 114,245 Feet b. m. 870, 412 Feet b. m. 780,000 270,000 500, 000 Feet b. m. 639, 228 220,000 Feet b. m. 608, 484 19,000 1,300 452, 040 16,820 14,857 723, 063 230,100 1,000 31, 000 1,690 70,000 100,000 150, 000 593, 663 2,000 110, 350 50,500 15,000 126,000 1,000 2,100 10,000 10,000 1,200 8,300 3,000 1,500 37, 556 70, 328 4,000 415, 500 268, 415 25,000 99,050 5,000 500 8,375 85,000 10, 631 785 764, 309 1,125 215, 028 1,000 6,000 100 2,000 961 2,500 100 7,000 103,440 250 72, 300 37,236 1,000 653, 848 25,000 234, 050 10,000 1,600 1,600 500 13,400 2,000 31, 350 21, 684 600 3,140 46,000 20,500 47,035 1 16 BULLETIN 605, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1. — Quantity of each hind of wood used annually Industry. Kind of wood. Ebony. Osage orange. Rose- wood. Prima vera. Sassafras. All industries . Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and general millwork Boxes and crates Car construction Furniture Vehicles and vehicle parts Feet b. m. 528,812 50,600 Feet b. m, 520,076 Feet b. m. 471,734 6,100 Feet b. m, 380,568 121,973 Feetb.m. 360, 268 336,000 5,450 Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- ers', and apiarists' supplies Agricultural implements Chairs and chair stock Handles Musical instruments 1,045 30,000 1,000 439,026 50,000 37,000 15, 280 1,100 3,613 25,350 67,500 4,664 60,373 Tanks and silos Ship and boat building Fixtures Caskets and coffins Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets . Matches and toothpicks Laundry appliances Shade and map rollers Paving material and conduits . Trunks and valises 1,800 Machine construction Boot and shoe findings Picture frames and molding. . Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. Tobacco boxes 1,330 Sewing machines Pumps and wood pipe Pulleys and conveyors Professional and scientific instruments . Toys 500 15,456 49,645 4,300 50 1,600 52,925 31,750 129,595 1,000 100 2,420 100 219,353 12,000 1,500 50 10,000 718 Gates and fencing Sporting and athletic goods. Patterns and flasks Bungs and faucets Plumbers' woodwork 189,000 24,400 Electrical machinery and apparatus . Mine equipment Brushes Dowels Elevators 10,642 1,000 2,260 10, 100 12,050 Saddles and harness Playground equipment Butchers' blocks and skewers. Clocks Signs and supplies 290 Printing material Weighing apparatus Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks I 194, 150 Brooms and carpet sweepers J Firearms Artificial limbs. Tobacco pipes. . Airplanes 9,800 5,500 10,000 LUMBER USED IN" MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 17 in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. Kind of wood — Continued. Eucalyp- tus. Apple- wood. Coco- bola. Yucca. Holly. Laurel. Satin- wood. Koko. Turkish box- wood. Miscel- laneous foreign. Miscel- laneous native. Feet b. m. 338,800 4,200 Feet b.m. 320,935 Feet b.m. 279, 400 Feet b.m. 172,300 60,000 3,500 Feet b.m. 86,680 500 Feet b.m. 72,400 1,600 Feet b.m. 67,958 34,000 Feet b.m. 32,600 Feet b.m. 29,189 Feet b.m. 630,345 106,125 Feet b.m. 432, 158 261,750 13,800 101,308 288 22,070 32,000 46,666 46,580 330 5,500 40,950 500 1,000 100 13,600 15, 650 8,000 12,450 10,000 2,400 69,000 60,000 4,200 10,000 156, 400 210,000 225 25 985 625 1,000 3,580 5,100 273,050 100 1,500 200 47,500 500 20,500 17, 000 1,000 1,000 5,000 500 100 4,000 2,250 40 36,600 1,575 300 25,000 64,800 1,500 2,000 21,000 500 1,000 1,000 33 25,600 30 5,000 1,731 39, 800 30,000 322, 280 121,435 22,000 PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS BULLETIN. AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. Utilization and Management of Lodge-Pole Pine in the Rocky Mountains. (Depart- ment Bulletin 234.) Production of Lumber, Lath, and Shingles in 1915 and Lumber in 1914. (Depart- ment Bulletin 506.) Basket Willow Culture. (Farmers' Bulletin 622.) Care and Improvement of the Woodlot. (Farmers' Bulletin 711.) Measuring and Marketing Woodlot Products. (Fanners' Bulletin 715.) The Preservative Treatment of Farm Timbers. (Farmers' Bulletin 744.) Paper Birch in the Northwest 1909. (Forestry Circular 163.) FOR SALE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Uses of Commercial Woods of United States; Beech, Birches, Maples. (Depart- ment Bulletin 12.) Price, 10 cents. Rocky Mountain Mine Timbers. (Department Bulletin 77.) Price, 5 cents. Southern Cypress. (Department Bulletin 272.) Price, 20 cents. Shortleaf Pine, Its Economic Importance and Forest Management. (Department Bulletin 308.) Price, 15 cents. Willows, Their Growth, Use, and Importance. (Department Bulletin 316.) Price, 50 cents. Ground-Wood Pulp, Cooked and Uncooked Spruce, and Substitutes. (Depart- ment Bulletin 343.) Price, 50 cents. True Mahogany. (Department Bulletin 474.) Price, 5 cents. Primer of Forestry; Part II, Practical Forestry. (Farmers' Bulletin 358.) Price, 5 cents. Uses for Chestnut Timber Killed by Bark Disease. (Farmers' Bulletin 582.) Price, 5 cents. The Woodsman's Handbook. (Forestry Bulletin 36.) Price, 25 cents. Loblolly Pine, Eastern Texas, Cross-Ties. (Forestry Bulletin 64.) Price, 5 cents. California Tanbark Oak. (Forestry Bulletin 75.) Price, 15 cents. Wood Preservation in the United States. (Forestry Bulletin 78.) Price, 10 cents. Properties and Uses of Douglas Fir; Part I, Mechanical Properties; Part II, Com- mercial Uses. (Forestry Bulletin 88.) Price, 15 cents. Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States: I, Cedars, Cypresses, and Sequoias.. (Forestry Bulletin 95.) Price, 10 cents. Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States, Pines. (Forestry Bulletin 99.) Price, 15 cents. Wood Using Industries and National Forests of Arkansas. (Forestry Bulletin 106.) Price, 5 cents. Tests of Structural Timbers. (Forestry Bulletin 108.) Price, 20 cents. Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra). (Forestry Circular 88.) Price, 5 cents. Chestnut Oak in the Southern Appalachians. (Forestry Circular 135.) Price, 5 cents. Tests of Woods for Vehicles, Implements, Etc. (Forestry Circular 142.) Price, 5 cents. Practical Results in Basket Willow Culture. (Forestry Circular 148.) Price, 5 cents. The Preservative Treatment of Loblolly Pine Cross- Anns. (Forestry Circular 151.) Price, 5 cents. Properties and Uses of the Southern Pines. (Forestry Circular 164.) Price, 5 cents. Commercial Importance of the White Mountain Forests. (Forestry Circular 168.) Price, 5 cents. Wooden and Fiber Boxes. (Forestry Circular 177.) Price, 5 cents. Lumber Saved by Using Odd Lengths. (Forestry Circular 180.) Price, 5 cents. Colombian Mahogany: Its Characteristics and Its Use as a Substitute for True Mahogany. (Forestry Circular 185.) Price, 5 cents. Manufacture and Utilization of Hickory. (Forestry Circular 187.) Price, 5 cents. Greenheart. (Forestry Circular 211.) Price, 5 cents. Circassian Walnut. (Forestry Circular 212.) Price, 5 cents. 38 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 5 CENTS PER COPY A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 021 048 355 A 0: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 021 048 355 P