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mend the above system to all interested in the sale or manufacture 

 of timber, as the best means to get timber economically seasoned 

 and ready for immediate use. 



Where birch wood is being used for bobbins, this process of 

 ringing would obviate the need of chipping, and by allowing the 

 trees to stand nine months they would be ready for immediate 

 use. If the wood is wanted for fence stobs, ringing would render 

 them serviceable the next season, when they might be conveniently 

 charred by their own tops or branches, which would cause them to 

 last double the time in the ground. 



The process of ringing, then, has two advantages — increasing 

 the value of timber to the owner, and of seasoning it in the most 

 economical way. 



