4.30 W(»(il)-I)Kl'()TS. 



of the wood, the loj^'s uiitl hntts muy he rolled into heaps, as in 

 ti'T. 255. 



In any case, precautions must he taken to kee}) the higs raised 

 above the ^'round, and to secure for them free admission of the 

 air. 



In case the wood is sokl hy lots at the depot, it shouki now be 

 arranged in suitable lots, according to trade custom. 



Wherever logs are to be stored for a number of years, it is 

 best to keep them under water, provided that they are com])letely 

 immersed, and there is a moderate inlet and outlet of the 



water to prevent its becoming stagnant. T^ogs are then most 

 securely preserved for several years from decay and from crack- 

 ing, and can be readily converted into planks, scantling, 

 cl'c. If it is not possible to submerge the wood, and large 

 quantities of wood must be stored dry for several years (as after 

 insect-attacks, storms, ^:c.), the greatest care must be taken to 

 isolate them from ground moisture. liOgs are, therefore, 

 thoroughly barked and rolled into parallel rows one above the 

 other, in shady places which are not exposed to dry winds ; the 

 stacks of logs are also lightly covered with sods, to protect the 

 logs from cracking in dry weather. The wood suffers least of all 

 on northern aspects. Under similar circumstances, spruce logs 

 keep better than silver-fir ov Scotch pine, and logs better than 

 butts. 



In depots used for firewood brought hy land, only the best 

 class of tirewood will repay further land-transpt)]-t. Firewood 

 requires the same precautions as timber, and tirewood depots 



