FORESTRY SURVEY 281 



Props are nsuallv split from the larger cuts of white oak 

 of a length of four or five feet, and since they are in greater 

 demand, a seven foot round prop is obtained whenever pos- 

 sible in meastiring up small trees. A white oak with a 

 breast high diameter of 11 inches and a clear length of 50 

 feet will make six cuts, averaging six props per ctit. or 

 thirty-six for the tree. Props are split out with maul and 

 wedge ( four and five foot i while the seven foot props are 

 not split. 



Fence Posts. 



Fence posts are cut and split from straight-grained 

 white oak. to a length of S feet, and men receive 5 cents 

 each for cutting them. One 16-inch white oak (on the 

 stump inside the bark i will turn otit from 20 to 23 posts. 

 Fence posts of white or bur oak are worth from 20 to 25 

 cents each, and on one acre, in addition to props and piling 

 there would be 116 split fence posts. 



