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SECTION IV. A FEW PRACTICAL HINTS RELATIVE 



TO THE MANNER IN WHICH TREES OUGHT TO BE 

 PREPARED FOR SALE. 



In order to the disposing of wood growing upon 

 gentlemen's estates to the best possible advantage, 

 a few practical hints may not be out of place here. 



All sorts of hard-wood, the bark of wliich is not 

 Tised for tanning purposes, should be cut down for 

 sale from October till March ; during those months 

 the sap of the trees is in a dormant state, and when 

 wood is cut in such a state it is of better quality for 

 any permanent use than when cut in the summer 

 months. 



All oak, larch, and birch, the bark of wliich is 

 used for tanning purposes, should be cut down and 

 peeled just when the buds of the trees are ex- 

 panding into a green state ; but in all cases where 

 the wood of these trees is wanted for permanent 

 use, the trees should be cut from October till 

 March. 



All sales of wood should be conducted upon the 

 principle of public roup. At public sales there is 

 always a competition of purchasers, who generally 

 set up the wood to its proper value. 



Where there is a saw-mill upon a gentleman's 

 estate, for the cutting up of trees for valuable pur- 

 poses, and where there is a good demand for wood, 

 private sales of wood after being cut at it generally 



