712 PllOl'EUTIHH, HARVESTING AND DISPOSAL OF RESIN. 



The workmen make their own ladders and escouarte, and 

 buy the other implements at the following prices : 



The axe, or abschot, I franc 50 centimes the kilogram (say 



-t m so 



Fig. 376. Rasclet. 



Qd. a pound), or 6 or 7 francs each ; the barrasquite, 2 francs ; 

 the pousse, 2 francs 50 centimes ; thepalot, 1 franc 50 centimes ; 

 the pelle, 2 francs. 



3. Method of Cutting the Grooves. 



Commencing at the ground-level, the grooves ascend the 

 stem as follows : 



The width of the groove is 9 centimeters (3 inches) for the 

 first four years, and 8 centimeters (2J inches) in the last year. 

 its depth never must exceed 1 centimeter ( inch) when 

 measured below a string stretched across the groove, from the 

 base of the bark. 



The number of grooves cut at tin; same time in a tree vary 



