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Dynamite can be used with advantage only on completely 

 uprooted stumps, for it has scarcely any effect on those still 

 in the ground. Owing to its highly explosive nature, dynamite 

 will not be much used for blasting stumps in forests at any 

 rate during winter ; also on account of its high price and 

 because it is a strong poison. 



The use of blasting powder can, however, be strongly 

 recommended for this purpose wherever the price of labour is 

 high, and stumps have to be split. 



(f) Preparation of Faggots. 



Wherever twigs and branches are in demand for fuel, they 

 are cut into lengths with the bill-hook and bound into faggots, 

 or bavins, by means of one or two withes or binders. 



Fiir. l.",s. Faggot- binder's j>i< 



[Fernandez* gives a simple frame for faggot-binding as 

 shown in Fig. 158. The lever (I), the lower end of which rests 

 against the bar (//), is drawn towards the operator and hitched 

 into the hook (/<), thus tightening the chain over the bundle of 

 sticks. The withes can now be tied and the pressure on the 

 faggot released by unhitching the lever ; the length of the 

 chain, which can be varied, regulates the size of the faggot. 

 Tr.] 



In other cases, small branch wood may be carried to the 

 nearest roadside and stacked in heaps between stakes. 



Faggots should be made in whatever dimensions the public 



* ' rtilixation of Forests," p. los. 



