Ocal COnDInIONS OF FORESTRY IN ENGLAND. 9 


cially Larch? Scots Pineis much used in the making of dry 
casks. . 
Nottingham.—Collieries and railway companies compete 
keenly for good Ash, Oak, and Larch. The Sheffield buyers 
remove large quantities of Beech and Ash for tool-handles ; 
Alder and Birch are in demand for turnery ; Elm fer bellows, 
chairs, coffins; Birch for brooms; Scots Fir, Spruce and Ash 
for barrel staves and hoops. 
Ox/ford.—Agricultural work absorbs much of the Oak, Ash, 
and Larch ; while Beech finds a good market for chair-mak- 
ing. London and Birmingham compete for supplies. 
Stafford.-~Ash, Oak, and Larchare used for wheelwright 
work, coach-building and collieries, Manchester, Liverpool, 
and Birmingham supplementing the local demand. 
Wiltshire —There is a local demand for ordinary timber 
for fencing, farm buildings, and agricultural implements, 
while pitwood goes to the Forest of Dean, Beech to the chair 
works of High Wycombe, and Oak to the railway work- 
shops. 
