Quarterly Journal of Forestry (2)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...where there was a particular demand for small produce for special purposes such as hop-poles, hoops, hurdles, and bark. The following underwoods are found in Great Britain, those marked (N. T.) being native trees. Pedunculate Oak, N. T.--A light-demanding tree thriving.best on clays or stiff loams, it is grown usually on a 15--25 year rotation, but this depends largely on the soil, locality, and the purpose for which the crop is required; where bark is an important consideration, the shoots must be cut before their bark becomes fissured, otherwise the amount of tannin is reduced considerably. Bark from underwood, which formerly realised 8 a ton, has been sold recently for 475. 6d., and when the cost of peeling, amounting to 253. a ton, loading, haulage, and railway freight is added, there is practically no profit left. Chemically prepared substitutes are responsible for this depreciation. In Wales, this wood is being used largely for pit wood and logwood, its average price being $ an acre for thirty years'.growth; poles, not less than 6 feet 6 inches long and 4 inches in diameter at the smaller end, are worth 185. to 235. a ton, delivered at the colliery. The logwood is cut in 2 feet 2 inches or 3 foot 3 inches lengths and not less than 3 inches in diameter at the smaller end realises 145. 6d. to i6s. per ton, and there is.also a small market for hedge-crooks, pea and bean-sticks. The woods are assessed at zos. an acre, the rates varying from 35. 6d. to 75. in the pound, the average being 55. The returns where no charge is made for up-keep being: -- s. d. Value of wood 500 Less rates 3 15 o Profit.. 150 or lod. per acre per annum for thirty years' growth. These woods are being converted into highwood, being planted thickly with...