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lieipfht of a stack of Hrewood, as warpinj,' counteracts the sbrink- 

 a<^e, so that accoi-dinj; to his experiments, its hei^'ht decreases 

 only hy al)()nt an iiidi in a year. 



(d) Stacks of Cloven Timber. — In stackinj,' cloven timber, <,'reat 

 care must be taken to separate the better kinds from inferior 

 timber, and not to suffer any unsound or knotty wood in a stack. 

 In the case of oakwood, all sound split pieces must be included 

 in stacks of cloven timber, and oak-firewood stacks should not 

 contain a sinji^le sound piece which can be classed as timber. 



Deviations from this rule are justifiable only where there is no 

 demand for inferior classes of cloven wood. 



(e) Stacking Faggots. — Fa^'j^ots are collected into piles each con- 

 taining 25, or a multiple of 25 faggots. They are sometimes put 



horizontally, but 

 keep much better 

 standing, three 

 faggots being laid 

 in a pyramid and 

 all the others 

 placed leaning 

 against them. 



"When faggots 

 are not prepared, 

 the brancliwood is generally piled in heaps, and may be cut into 

 equal lengths for this pui'})osc. It is sometimes piled, as shown 

 in fig. 15G, and roughly tied in bundles to facilitate transj-ort. 



(f ) Special Men employed. — Ordinary • woodcutters are not 

 allowed to stack firewood, as in their own interest they would 

 make as much of it as i)()ssil)le. Special men are therefore 

 employed, who are well known to the forest manager and 

 thoroughly trustworthy. They should pile the wood prepared 

 by each party of woodcutters separately, so that their earnings 

 may be calculated. 



The supei'visi' 

 greatly facilitate 

 recognized i)lan. 



3. ]>n>f('rtin;l thr J-nrrsI I>rj,nl. 



and guai'il ovei' tlie material at the depot is 

 if it lie ai'i-anged according to an easily 

 [L must lie placed so tliat the purchasers' carts 



