PROPERTIES AND USES OF TIMBER. 383 



Fig. 1. represents the root of a larch standing 

 in the ground after the earth has heen dug away. 



If there he four roots spreading horizontally, of a dia- 

 meter of six inches or more at the distance of two 

 feet from the trunk of the tree, it will suit for knees. 

 The earth is then a little farther removed with 

 a spade, so as to lay the roots bare, and the roots 

 are cut at the distance of two feet or more from the 

 trunk. The tree is then easily pulled over by the 

 help of a rope, which should be fixed near its top, 

 before the earth is dug away. 



Fig. 2, (on the next page), represents the root 

 after the tree has been thrown over. The root is 

 then cleared of the earth, and the trunk of the tree 

 is cut two feet or more from the angle formed by the 

 root, as may be required. If there be four leading 

 roots, the trunk of the tree is split perpendicularly 

 into four parts, taking care to have a root attached 

 to each part, and carefully observing also to split 



