272 FELLIN<J AND CONVERSION. 



11. Fascine-stakes and liuvdle-rails. 



12. Beau-sticks, 10— lo feet lont;. 



13. Fencin<;-stakes, 10 — 15 feet lon<,^ 



14. Hedfje-stakes [also walking-sticks and sticks for umbrellas. 

 -Tk.] 



C. Stackt.d Wood for Splitting. 



As regards species ; oak, sweet chestnut, alder and ash should 

 be placed separately, also conifers. 



Further separation into two or three classes, according to 

 dimensions and fissibilit}-, is also necessary. This group must 

 always consist of sound wood. Stacked oakwood is, in the 

 Palatinate, divided into two groups, stave-wood and wood for 

 vine-props, the former into four, and the latter into two classes ; 

 wood of other species and coniferous wood are each divided into 

 three classes. 



The round pieces of stacked timber are divided according to 

 species into two classes of different dimensions. They are used 

 for vine-props, pit-props, and in lengths of 5 — G feet for the 

 manufacture of paper-pulp. 



G. Christmas-trees. 



E. Firewood. 



1. Split billets, tlioroughly sound wood, sub-divided into two 



classes according to size. 



2. Crooked billets, sound but knotty. 



3. Broken wood. Unsound split billets sub-divided into two 



classes according to the degree of unsoundness. 



4. Round billets from stems. 



5. Round billets from branches. 



6. Peeled round billets from oak-coppice grown for tan. 



7. Rootwood. This may be divided into two classes, when 



it sells M-ell. 



