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considerable quantities. Nine industries reported its use; the 

 planing mills consumed the greatest amount and, as in other 

 States, handle makers, vehicle manufacturers, and agricultural 

 implement concerns were also important users. Its toughness, 

 strength, straight grain, and color recommend it for these pur- 

 poses. The larger part of the amount reported in Table 1 

 grown in the State. The greater part of this was probably green 

 ash, but this wood is not distinguished from white ash in the trade. 



MAPLE 



Red, silver and sugar maples grow in this region, but of these 

 - and silver maple are the only ones reported by the manu- 

 facturers. Four industries use maple in comparatively small 

 quantities. More goes to planing mills than elsewhere, but 

 handle makers and manufacturers of vegetable packages find it 

 serviceable. 



The country's greatest supply of maple comes from the North, 

 from New England to the Lake States, but some very excel- 

 lent timber is found in the South. The terms "hard maple" and 

 "soft maple" do not refer to distinct species; almost always "hard 

 maple" means the sugar maple or sugar tree, "soft maple" may 

 mean any one of several species or varieties, but generally 

 refers to silver maple, the only one of the soft maples in the State 

 important as a source of lumber. 



HICKORY 



South Carolina has six species of hickory, some of it Inning 

 excellent quality. Some manufacturers, particularly handle 

 makers, insist on using the white sapwood and excluding the red 

 heart. Strong prejudice has long existed a.^ain-t hickory heart 

 wood ; yet according to tests made by the United S 



ice, there is little basis for it. For many purposes the heart 

 is satisfactory, and the inspection rules for hickory stock n-w 

 recognize that fact. Hickory grows nowhe: t in the 



eastern part of North America, the range extend r what 



of the Mi^i^ippi. It has been called "the indi 

 wood" because, for certain uses, no other will an well. 



The greatest demand for it ..m manufacturers .f \el 



handles and agricultural implements, but it has otlu-: 

 well. In South Carolina it occurs principally in the Alpine and 

 Piedmont region- here very abundant. 



