256 Practical Forestry 



are bound tightly round the centre with tarred rope. 

 Previous to the war they were sold at 3s. 6d. per hundred. 



This is a good and profitable way of getting rid of all 

 superfluous spray and branches. Brush or kiln faggots, 

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

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

 from 6s. to 6s. per hundred for the brick-kilns. They 

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

 utilizing of this otherwise waste-product, every twig and 

 branch is carefully gathered together, and the woodlands 

 are thus kept in a neat and healthy condition. 



Minor Products. In addition to firewood, charcoal, 

 faggots, 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, which will repay the cost of 

 singling out from amongst the above. These may include 

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

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

 of the country and from which considerable profits are 

 realized. 



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 utilized. 



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, however, it may not be 

 a wise policy to remove this valuable soil from the wood- 

 lands, even at the high price offered. 



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

 market gardening is largely carried on, being used to 

 form forcing-beds, and to preserve plants and roots from 

 severe frost. 



