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therefore, as any kind of wood is fit for the ufes of 
the country, it fhould /bex be cut ; unlefs it can be 
made appear, that it will pay compound intereft for 
ftanding longer, or, in other words, will pay not 
only the fimple intereft of the jiv? value, but alfo 
the lofs of fo many years growth of the wood, as 
fo far advanced towards another crop. 
Wood merely for fuel can fcarcely be cut too 
young. Hazel is ufually fit for hurdles and dead 
hedges, from nine to twelve years old; ath for fheep- 
cribs, at the fame age; and afh and other woods, for 
hop-poles, from 11 to 14 years old; while afh for 
carpenters and other large ufes; alder, birch, and 
willow, for rafters, turner’s ufes, pattens, clogs, coal- 
pit ufes, &c. muft ftand from 16 to 20 years old, 
before the poles are large enough for their refpec- 
tive purpofes. 
It therefore behoves every owner of woods of 
the latter defcription, unlefs he is public-fpirited 
enough to give up his own profit to the good of 
the public, to confider well, before he fuffers his 
wood to ftand to the age of 16, 18, or 20 years, 
whether the value of fuch wood when cut younger, 
and fold for ofher purpofes, added to the intereft 
thereof up to the ufual period of cutting, and the 
gain by the growth between thofe two periods, will 
not more than equal the value the wood will be of, if 
fuffered to ftand fo long; and if fo, whether he 
ought not to cut his wood at fhorter periods. 
He 
