330 SALE AND TRANSPORT OF PRODUCE 



BOX: 



Uses. Mathematical instruments and foot-rules, turn- 

 ing, wood-engraving blocks. 



Prices. Probably 2s. to 6s. a cubic foot ; but home-grown 

 timber is seldom on the market. 



It is generally bought by weight say, 4. to 12 

 a ton. 

 HOLLY : 



Uses. Much the same as for Box ; it is also stained in 

 imitation of Ebony. 



Prices. Probably 2s. to 53. a cubic foot, if over 4 inches 



quarter girth ; or say 4 to 10 a. ton. 

 CHERRY : 



Uses. Furniture, cabinet making, interior decorative 

 work in houses, wooden block flooring, turning, 

 musical instruments. 



Prices. 6d. to is. 3d. a cubic foot. 

 LARCH : 



Uses. Sleepers, pit props, for strutting and shoring 

 tunnel work, etc., gates, fencing, straining poles in 

 hop gardens, bridge building, and for general estate 

 work. The timber is very durable, but has a tendency 

 to warp and twist, and is not very suitable for ordinary 

 building construction. 



Prices. If large and sound, lod. to is. 5d. Small trees 



and poles, 6d. to lod. 

 SCOTS PINE: 



Uses. The timber, if well grown and free from side 

 branches, can be used for all the purposes for which 

 the " Red " Deal of commerce is used. For instance, 

 general building purposes joists, rafters, trusses, 

 doors, and door frames, window frames, etc., pit 

 timber, telegraph and telephone poles, scaffolding, etc. 

 Note. Unless, however, it be grown in very close canopy 

 when young, the preference will always be given to imported 

 timber. 



Prices. 4d. to 8d. a foot for large clean timber ; 2d. to 

 4d. for small or badly grown trees. 



