326 SALE AND TRANSPORT OF PRODUCE 



ASH : 



Uses. Wheelwrights' work, coach building, agricultural 

 implements, shafts, furniture, chair legs, tool handles, 

 oars, and wherever elasticity is of importance. The 

 timber should not be more than about 70 years old 

 when cut. English grown Ash is superior to im- 

 ported Ash for nearly all purposes. 



Prices. Large sound butts, is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. a cubic foot. 

 Small trees, if sound, is. to is. 6d. 



SPANISH CHESTNUT : 



Uses. It is an excellent substitute for Oak in many cases. 

 It is quite as durable as Oak, but not so strong. It 

 is used for gate posts, fencing, furniture. Good sound 

 Chestnut free from shakes, as for instance, that grown 

 in the South-West of England, can be substituted for 

 Oak in most house-building work ; and for the out- 

 side timber work of old " half-timbered " houses and 

 cottages. The timber should usually be cut before it 

 is more than 65 years old, though in the South-West 

 of England slightly longer rotations are admissible. 



Prices. lod. to is. 6d. for butts 12 inches quarter girth 

 and over; 6d. to is. for tops, or trees under 12 

 inches quarter girth. 

 ELM (English) : 



Uses. Coffins, tin plate boxes, seats of wooden chairs, 

 weather boarding, wheelbarrows, cart bottoms, pulley 

 blocks, keels of ships, boarding for stall partitions in 

 farm buildings, naves for wheels, etc. 



Prices. For sound butts 12 inches quarter girth and over, 

 8d. to is.; under 12 inches quarter girth and tops, 

 4d. to 6d. 



ELM (Wych) : 



This wood is tougher than English Elm. 

 Uses. It is used for the same purposes as English Elm ; 

 but for many purposes it is a more valuable wood. 

 Young Wych Elm poles are often used for shafts 

 instead of Ash, though they are heavier. 



