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dimensions. The seeds of the white oaks are 

 light brown acorns, which are highly relished by 

 birds and animals. Many southern farmers 

 range their hogs in white oak forests so that the 

 porkers can live on the acorn crop. 



Beech wood is strong and tough and is used 

 in making boxes and barrels and casks for the 

 shipment of butter, sugar and other foods. It 

 makes axles and shafts for water-wheels that will 

 last for many years. The shoes worn by Dutch 

 children are generally made of beech. The wood 

 is red in color. The beech tree is of medium size 

 growing to a height of about 75 feet above the 

 ground. There is only one common variety of 

 beech tree in this country. 



Hickory trees are very popular because they 

 produce sweet, edible nuts. The hickory wood is 

 exceedingly strong and tough and is used wher- 

 ever stout material is needed. For the spokes, 

 wheels and bodies of buggies and wagons, for 

 agricultural implements, for automobile wheels 

 and for handles, hickory is unexcelled. The 

 shafts of golf clubs as well as some types of base- 

 ball bats are made of hickory. Most hickory 

 trees are easy to identify on account of their 

 shaggy bark. The nuts of the hickory, which 



