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that the whole is stinted in their growth, and having 

 been allowed to stand from ten (the youngest cut- 

 ting) to sixteen years old ; it is plain to the most su- 

 perficial observer, that if not thinned out immediately 

 one fourth of the crop will be totally lost, and the 

 whole rendered unproductive, and to say the least of 

 it, not near half a crop. All coppice woods should 

 be thinned the first year after being cut over, (See 

 Forester's Guide on neglected Coppice,) besides, it 

 may not be unworthy of notice, that, by allowing a 

 coppice wood to remain in that state, it loses both in 

 quantity and quality of bark, as also in usefulness of 

 timber, and incurs more expense in manufacturing ; 

 for instance, the bark of the whole is thinner, be- 

 comes hide-bound on the tree, and requires more 

 bating to take it off; of course there is less natural 

 sap, so that it weighs lighter, — it is not so good in 

 quality, and being sapless or hide-bound, requires 

 more time and expense to take it off 5 and besides, 

 none of the shoots, from their stinted state, have 

 arrived at the size of spoke timber, and is only fit for 

 charcoal or fire wood. It is both natural to suppose, 

 and a truth that cannot be denied, that when a 

 healthy tree or stool of oak is cut over, it sends out 

 a greater profusion of shoots, and these in a very 

 luxuriant state, — it even sends up more sap than the 

 young shoots are able to absorb, and for the first two 

 or three years we often see the sap running off the 

 top of the stool or root, to waste. Now, if the 

 saplings or young shoots are thinned out the first 

 year after being cut, to three or not exceeding four 

 upon the stool, these receiving all the sap after the 

 first year, from the thinning, become so healthy and 

 strong, that they absorb all the sap the roots send 



