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He will have this additional fatisfaction, that, by 
more frequent cuttings, his woods will be the lefs 
liable to decay, by the ftrong fhoots {mothering the 
weak ones, as is before explained, and will have an 
opportunity of letting up more faplings for timber 
than he could otherwife do. 
Time of cutting Woods.—There are many opinions 
refpecting the moft proper time of the year for 
cutting underwood, but there is one rule which, on 
the /eller’s part, is without exception, viz. that the 
older the wood is, the later in the fpring it fhould 
be cut. When old wood is cut early in the winter, 
and a hard winter follows, the damage done to the 
ftocks is very great;—young flourifhing wood will 
bear cutting at any time. But on the part of the 
buyer it is allowed that all woods are more durable, 
when cut in the moft ftagnant ftate of the fap; and in 
all ufes where bending is required, fuch as hurdles, 
hoops, and even dead hedges, the wood cannot be 
cut too early in the winter, being, if cut when the 
Jap is rifing, britile, and unfit for thofe purpofes. 
Oak underwood will (at the prefent price of bark) 
pay well for ftanding till the fap is up for barking 
it, and it feldom happens that the ftocks are in- 
jured by cutting it fo late in the year. 
Manner of Difpofal of Woods.—The beft way of 
difpofing of underwood, to anfwer the purpofes of 
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