a ( ,H) FELLING AND CONVERSION OF TIMBER. 



three faggots being laid in a pyramid and all the others placed 



leaning against them. 



AVhun faggots are not prepared, the branchwood is generally 



piled in heaps, 

 and may be cut 

 into equal lengths 

 for this purpose. 

 Sometimes it is 

 piled, as shown 

 in Fig. 183, and 

 tied roughly in 

 bundles to facili- 

 tate transport. 



Fii?. 183. Piled branchwood. 



(t) Special men 



employed. Ordinary woodcutters are not allowed to stack 

 firewood, as in their own interest they would make as much 

 of it as possible. Special men are therefore employed, who 

 are well known to the forest-manager and are sworn in to be 

 faithful. They should pile the .wood prepared by each party 

 of woodcutters separately, so that their earnings may be 

 calculated. 



3. Protecting the Forest-Depot. 



The supervision and guard over the material at the depot is 

 facilitated greatly if it be arranged according to an easily recog- 

 nised plan. It must be placed so that the purchaser's carts can 

 approach each lot as nearly as possible. This is more easily 

 attained when the conversion and sale of the timber precede that 

 of the firewood, and then the billets may be stacked in long 

 rows along the roads or rides, with the faggots behind them. 



As a rule, the mode of arrangement of the depot depends chiefly 

 on the area available, but the forest-manager should always 

 endeavour, like a trader, to secure a good display of his wares. 



When the last firewood stack is ready, and the felling is 

 thus completed, all chips, broken pieces and other waste 

 material may be collected and distributed among the wood- 

 cutters. In certain localities, the twigs and branchwood may 

 be spread over the area, either as in the Alps to protect the 

 young growth against cattle, or as in jlmmcs, to facilitate the 

 burning of the surface before sowing an agricultural crop. 



