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can only be taken from large trees. The Polish staves, which 

 are exported from North Germany to England, France, Spain, 

 &c., are classified as follows : — 



There is a very large demand for staves for the wine and beer 

 trades, which are exported from the Baltic, Fiume and Trieste, 

 and from North America. The best staves come from Croatia, 

 Slavonia, Hungary, and Bosnia, which countries produced about 

 26,000,000 staves in the two years 1891 and 1892. The Bosnian 



Fig. 45. 



staves are more easily worked, and are therefore preferred to 

 those from Slavonia. Oakwood from those countries is sound and 

 heavy, and the markets for it are Fiume and Trieste for France 

 and England, and Vienna for Germany, the best staves going to 

 France. These are made as shown in fig. 45, from the best oak 

 trees measuring (without sapwood) 22 inches in diameter. 

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