ROrJGH FELLING. 263 



[Fernandez* gives a simple frame for faggot-binding as shewn in 

 fig. 134. The lever (1), the lower end of which rests against the 

 bar (b) is drawn towards the operator and hitched into the hook (h), 

 thus tightening the chain over the bundle of sticks. The withes can 

 now be tied and the pressure on the faggot released by unhitching 



Fig. 134. 



Faggot-bimler's Press. 



the lever; the length of the chain, which can be varied, regulates the 

 size of the faggot. — Tr.] 



In other cases, small brancbwood may be simply carried to 

 the nearest roadside, and stacked in heaps between stakes. 



Faggots should be made in whatever dimensions the public 

 prefer. In country districts usually long thick faggots are in 

 demand; near towns they are preferred when not exceeding 

 80 pounds in weight, and may be li feet long, and 2^ feet in 

 girth, five smaller ones being bound-together to make a faggot. 



The best withes are slender oak coppice-shoots, but hazel, 

 sallow and birch, &c., will serve the purpose. These withes are 

 freed from all side-shoots, and when freshly cut, or steeped in 

 water, are placed on a fire to make them pliable, and then 

 twisted like ropes into a loop at the thin end, through which the 

 thick end is drawn when they are fastened round the faggot. 



4. liemoval of Wood 2>ycvious to Conversion. 



It has been hitherto presupposed that the conversion of the 

 felled wood takes place on the felling-area near the stumps of the 

 felled trees, and this is generally the case. 



There are, however, circumstances in which it is necessary to 

 * Utilization of Forests, p. 103. 



