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Show Scarcity of Hickory Wood. Hickory, ono of, If p t the mosl valuables of our native v.. -oris, has be come so scarce that many substitute! havo of necessity been found for It Tho wonderful Increase In the demani for buggies and carriages of the"flnei class had much to do with tho vlrtua exhaustion of tho gicnt America! hickory forests, nngland, Germany China, Australia, South Ai'rlca and tin South American countries mado strong requisitions on tho American supply Years ago the supply of this fine wooi! north of tho Ohio rive had been ex hausted. Despite substitutes and changed conditions, hickory remain: one of the most valuable of America! woods. |