228 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



CHAP. VII. 



MANNER OF CUTTING AND THINNING NATURAL 

 WO^DS. 



SECTION I. 



Cutting in Hags for the Sake of the Bark, Fuel, Kc. 



THIS is the most prevalent mode of cut- 

 ting Natural Woods, and in many in- 

 stances, also the most profitable. In coun- 

 tries where fuel is scarce, perhaps the ground 

 being occupied in any other manner what- 

 ever, would not produce a greater return. 

 Add to this, the value of the bark of Oak 

 and Birch, of which woods of this descrip- 

 tion chiefly consist. 



The wood is divided into so many portions 

 called hags, according to its extent, and the 

 demand of the vicinity, which hags may 

 consist of, from ten to an hundred acres 



