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vehicles differ greatly. The manufacturer of stone wagons and dirt 

 carts finds little use for the thin, yellow-poplar panels and the elastic 

 hickory spokes which exactly meet the requirements of the makers of 

 high-grade buggies, and yet both are vehicle manufacturers. 



It may, therefore, be summed up that no industry, including all the 

 firms engaged in it, calls for particular grades and sizes of lumber, 

 but that every manufacturer, whether he makes boats, boxes, finish, 

 furniture, or something else, selects the material most suitable and 

 economical in his particular line, and the selections made by him are 

 no guide to what other manufacturers will demand. 



REPORTED SOURCES OF WOODS. 



The Maryland manufacturers drew the supplies of lumber from 

 thirty-four States and thirteen foreign countries. Twenty States fur- 

 nished white oak. Of the fifty-four species of wood reported twenty- 

 six came in part from Maryland. The largest contributors in the 

 number of species outside of Maryland were: Virginia twenty-four, 

 West Virginia twenty, and Pennsylvania fifteen. The States from 

 which Maryland drew supplies were, Alabama, Arkansas, California, 

 Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisi- 

 ana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missis- 

 sippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New J ersey, New York, North Car- 

 olina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 

 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wiscon- 

 sin, and West Virginia. The foreign lands were Africa, Australia, 

 Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, Cuba, France, Honduras, India, Mexico, 

 Russia, Turkey, and West Indies. 



The particular States and foreign countries from which the woods 

 were received are shown below : 



Ash Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis- 

 sissippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

 Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia. 

 Balsam fir Pennsylvania. 

 Basswood Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Virginia, 



West Virginia. 



Beech Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir- 

 ginia. 



