Pulleys and conveyors are manufactured in many different places; but such statistics as are available indicate that by far the largest proportion of the output comes from Kentucky, with a decidedly smaller amount from Indiana and Michigan.
Table 43 Pulleys and Conveyors (Annual lumber consumption, 36 million board feet) Woods Used Per Cent Red Gum 55 Oak 20 Maple Birch 6 Beech 2 Tupelo 2 Basswood 2 Ash 1 Yellow Poplar 1 Other Woods 4 Total 100 30. Professional and Scientific Instruments. The manufacture of professional and scientific instruments of a wide variety requires more than thirty domestic and foreign woods amounting to an annual total of about 35 million feet. Pencils Table 44 Professional and Scientific Instruments (Annual wood consumption, 35 million board feet) Woods Used Per Cent Cedar 57 Maple 14 Basswood Beech 4 Birch 3 Yellow Poplar 3 Hickory 3 Cherry 2 Boxwood 2 White Pine 2 Other Woods 3 Total 100 are included, however, in this classification; and for them Southern red cedar is chiefly used, because of its softness, straight, even grain, and good whittling qualities. Maple is largely used in the manufacture of rulers, yard sticks, camera boxes, and other articles. Basswood finds a large use in the making of yard sticks, drafting tables, alphabet blocks, and advertising novelties. Penholders are chiefly made from red gum; level blocks, from cherry; thermometers, from oak; planes, from beech; surveyors' stakes, from oak, longleaf pine, chestnut, and hickory; drafting tables and equipment, from ash, basswood, beech, mahogany, birch, and white pine; and camera boxes and parts, from basswood, beech, butternut, cypress, hickory, mahogany, spruce, maple, oak, and yellow poplar.
The State of New York is by far the largest producer of professional and scientific instruments. New Jersey comes next; and Michigan, third.
noes and checkers are made from both maple and basswood, while toy blocks are made chiefly from basswood and some yellow poplar. Toy wagons and sleds are also made from birch; doll furniture, from white pine, birch, maple, and beech; doll houses, from birch and basswood; while many turned toys are made from birch.
Table 45 Toys (Annual lumber consumption, 29 million board feet) Woods Used Per Cent Basswood 30 Maple 14 Beech 11 Birch 11 White Pine 8 Elm 7 Oak 5 Chestnut 3 Ash 3 Yellow Poplar 3 Red Gum 2 Cottonwood 1 Other Woods , 2 Total 100 In the manufacture of toys, Pennsylvania is the leading State, followed very closely by Wisconsin, Maine, and New York.
These goods comprise a long list of articles, including baseball bats, bowling balls, dumbbells, fishing rods, golf clubs, Indian clubs, skis, snowshoes, tenpins, tennis rackets and many others. Among other purposes, hickory, maple, beech, and ash are used for baseball bats; elm, for gymnasium goods; and maple, for tenpins. A great deal of oak is used for billiard and pool tables, and rosewood for the exterior finish. Maple is used for billiard cues, with black walnut, ebony, circassian walnut, and rosewood for the decorative parts. Yellow pine is 'used in the manufacture of bowling alleys; and also a great deal of maple. Lignum vitae is the preferred wood for bowling balls. Golf clubs are usually made with hickory handles and persimmon heads. Climbing poles may be made of yellow pine; and vaulting poles, of spruce. Altogether, the demands upon the woods used for sporting and athletic goods are many and varied, but the qualities of strength and toughness are the ones most largely required.
In the manufacture of these goods, Michigan holds first place, with New York, Tennessee, and Illinois following in close order.