THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



perfectly sound, but examination revealed the 

 presence of decay that had started at the 

 ground-level and was creeping up the centre 

 of the trunks. 



One firm bought the first twenty feet of 

 each trunk, which measured respectively six- 

 teen and eighteen feet in circumference, to be 

 cut up into table-tops, and gave three hun- 

 dred dollars for them. The large limbs 

 brought another hundred and four dollars; 

 after which there was a lot of wood, worth at 

 least two dollars and a half a load. 



Felling, tearing up the stumps, and planting 

 saplings in their place, we estimated had cost 

 five dollars. In a general clearing-up of the 

 " Green Woods " and the Wilbur-Earl lots, the 

 following marketable material was removed: 



Two hundred and twenty-two first-class ties 

 at seventy cents each; seven hundred second- 

 class at forty-five cents each; six thousand 

 four hundred and sixteen first-class posts at 

 twelve cents each; one thousand six hundred 

 and twenty second-class posts at seven cents 



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