. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Lumber stacker used by the J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, , which wjll pile lumber 40 feet hgh. by the government should be a considerable inducement for a further expansion of the pulp industry in this province. Lumber Manufacture Modern mill machinery has centered the manufacture of lumber into large plants, mainly at the ports, as has been the case in other industries. To-day seventy-five per cent, of the lumber is manu- factured at the larger
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Lumber stacker used by the J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, , which wjll pile lumber 40 feet hgh. by the government should be a considerable inducement for a further expansion of the pulp industry in this province. Lumber Manufacture Modern mill machinery has centered the manufacture of lumber into large plants, mainly at the ports, as has been the case in other industries. To-day seventy-five per cent, of the lumber is manu- factured at the larger ports. In 1917 the number of mills reported was 255 with a capital investment value of $21,000,000 and cutting 593 million feet, 99% of which was softwoods, spruce forming 77% of the total cut. The amount of lath cut was 255 millions and shin- gles 237 millions. Lumber production increased until 1921, when, due to depressed trade conditions, the production fell off rapidly. ' But New Brunswick yet ranks fourth among the provinces in timber production, and there have been remarkably few failures in the lum- ber industry in this province. Upwards of a million railroad ties, consisting of jack pine, cedar, hemlock and tamarac, are cut annually and sold mainly to the Canadian railways. Several thousand tele- phone poles of cedar are cut each year. Very few hardwood industries have been established. One large last block factory was built after the war and is operating success- fully. Veneer wood (yellow birch and maple) has been cut for ex- port to the factories in the United States. Spool .bars utilize only a few million feet of white birch. But in view of the large reserves of hardwoods in this province so suitable for veneer, flooring, furni- ture and novelty stock, and more especially on account of the di- minishing supplies in the United States, New Brunswick with its many advantages should appeal strongly to the hardwood manufac- turer seeking new supplies. In 1917 the wood w
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