238 FELLING AND CONVERSION OF TIMBER. 



sold unbarked at their full length for pit-props, shafts, 

 ladders, hop-poles, tree-props, walking-sticks, umbrella- 

 handles, bean-sticks, etc. They may also be split into crate- 

 or hurdle-wood, but are sawn into scantling very rarely. 



v. 



This is in the form of round or split pieces, which are piled 

 like cordwood and sub-divided into two classes 



Pieces over 6 inches (15 centimeters) in rnid-diameter. 

 Pieces 2J (6 centimeters) to 6 inches in mid-diameter. 

 Stacked timber is used by the clog or sabot maker, cooper, 

 brush-maker, sieve-maker, wheelwright, turner, stave-maker, 

 and in many places worked into vine-props. Bound pieces 

 are used now chiefly for making paper-pulp. 



v. Brushwood. 



Wood less than 3 inches (7 centimeters) in diameter at the 

 thicker end is termed brushwood, and is generally piled 

 between stakes. It is partly branchwood, but chiefly the 

 produce of coppice, and is used for fascines, pea-sticks, 

 brooms, fencing material, etc. In the case of osiers it is used 

 for basket-work. 



(b) Firewood. 



After all the wood which can be used as timber has been 

 prepared, what is left is firewood. 



Firewood is stacked for measurement, and termed cordwood. 

 In Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, the usual 

 length of pieces of cordwood is 1 meter, or 39 inches, but 

 this measure is not compulsory, provided the volume is com- 

 puted in stacked cubic meters or feet. [In Britain the length 

 of billets is usually 3 feet. Tr.] 



Firewood is distinguished as follows according to the shape 

 and size of the pieces : 



Split firewood comes from stems and branches measuring 

 across the smaller ends at least 5J inches (14 centimeters), 

 in Switzerland, 4^ inches (12 centimeters). 



