PEODUrCTION OF YOUNrr OAK-BARK. 



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made of reeds, corrugated iron sheets, Szc. These coverings are 

 supplied, not only in rainy weather, but regularly every night to 

 keep off the dew. In many places the pieces of bark are piled 

 like a roof, or in a pyramidal shape, being placed, as iri fig. 275, 



against a horizontal pole supported by two forked stakes, the 

 rough bark outside. 



At Lorch, several poles are placed parallel to one another, with 

 one end on the ground and the other on a pole supported by two 



Fig. 276. 



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forked stakes, thus forming a gently sloping stage, usually 

 towards the south, and on this the pieces of bark are placed to 

 dry ; or the stages may be horizontal, the poles being supported 

 by pairs of forked stakes, and the bark placed on it. In the 

 llhine-Valley, drying on trestles is most usual, the bark being 



