Tree Planting and Tree Felling 



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third case is that in which the axe only is used, when 

 a V-shaped notch is cut in one side and a deeper notch 

 on the side on which the tree is to fall (Fig. 31 b). 





When a tree has been felled, an operation for which the 

 winter is the proper time, the next thing to be done 



