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information possible as to the roads that may be used for 

 removal, date of removal, etc., etc. Where the coppice is 

 growing under standards, all the tellers and saplings, which it 

 is desired to leave, shoifld be marked with a ring of white 

 paint, rather near the ground, so that, when cutting the 

 underwood, no mistake may be made. It is advisable to 

 leave a maximum number, and then, after the underwood is 

 cut, any superfluous ones can be cut out. Generally speak- 

 ing, there will always be some standards and young trees of 

 all the age classes to be cut out. Sometimes these are sold 

 along with the coppice and felled by the purchasers. But, 

 this is a plan that cannot be recommended. It is far 

 preferable for the home staff to fell them and to sell them 

 separately, as the greatest care is necessary not to injure the 

 standards which are left growing ; and also, as a rule, buyers 

 of coppice do not require big timber. When the standards 

 are thus felled by the home staff, a reasonable time should 

 be given to the underwood buyer for clearing his " stuff" up ; 

 but, the conditions of sale should contain a clause stating 

 that the standards will be felled on and after (say) I5th March, 

 or later, of course, if there be Oak trees which it is intended 

 to bark ; but that no compensation will be paid for any 

 damage or inconvenience occasioned to the underwood 

 buyer by reason of his not having cleared his area. 



Standards, thus felled, should also be " knotted," " corded," 

 and "faggoted" by the home staff; and "tushed" out into 

 the rides ready for loading up. 



Any poles, which may have been cut, may be placed in 

 heaps in the rides and sold by the " heap " or the " load," etc. 



All standards and poles should be pulled out into the 

 rides as soon as trimmed up, as much damage would be 

 done if this were deferred until the stools had flushed their 

 new shoots. 



As regards the actual selling of coppice, it is far preferable 

 in nearly all cases, to sell it by auction, unless, indeed, it is 

 only a small area when the expenses of advertising and 

 printing would render it inadvisable. Underwood buyers are 

 not so liable to form a " ring " amongst themselves as the 



