UTILISING WASTE FOREST-PRODUCE. 



which are largely used for brick-burning, consist of all refuse 

 woodland scrub, and when tied up and dry can be sold at 

 from 5s. to 6s. per hundred for the brickkilns. They are 

 made by contract at 2s. 6d. per hundred. By the utilising 

 of this otherwise waste-product, every twig and shrub is 

 carefully gathered together, and the woodlands are thus kept 

 in a neat and healthy condition. 



Minor Products. In addition to firewood, charcoal, fagots, 

 etc., which may be considered as the main by-products of 

 the forest and woodland, there are other minor products, 

 such as are to be met with largely where coppice- wood is 

 grown to any extent, and which will repay the cost of 

 singling out from amongst the above. These may include 

 flower-stakes, tool-hanHles, walking-sticks, barrel-hoops, 

 chisel-rods, etc., all of which sell readily in various parts 

 of the country. 



In cutting the coppice-wood, the longest and straightest 

 poles are selected for hop- stakes, the next size for bean- 

 stakes, pea-boughs, etc., and so on until every part of the 

 wood is utilised. 



Leaf-soil, too, sells readily at 5s. per cart-load indeed, 

 near large towns the demand for this and peat often exceeds 

 the supply. In all cases it may not be wise policy to remove 

 this valuable soil from the woodlands, even at the high price 

 offered. 



Half-decayed leaves, too, are much sought after where 

 market gardening is largely carried on, they being used in 

 the forming of forcin-beds, and for preserving plants and 

 roots from severe frost. 



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