The Practical Planter, Or, A Treatise on Forest Planting: Comprehending the Culture and Management of Planted and Natural Timber, in Every Stage of Its Growth : Also on the Culture and Management of Hedge Fences, and the Construction of Stone Walls, &c |
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Page 233 - ... must be stacked. An experienced husband-man who can stack hay, can also stack bark. But it may be proper to warn him against building his stack too large, and to caution him to thatch it well. The method of...
Page 179 - ... of an inch thick, all over the part where the wood or bark has been so cut away, finishing off the edges as thin as possible : Then take a quantity of dry powder of...
Page 127 - ... planters follow. And from the above it would appear, there are two people to be employed together; that is, a man to plant, and his boy or girl to hold. By the mode of preparation treated of in Section I. the pit has been dug several months ; the surface is encrusted, and perhaps covered with weeds.
Page 21 - Larch, in water-ivorks, occurred on the estate of Athol. A weir, or river dam, which, while constructed of Oak, required to be renewed or repaired every four or five years, was formed with Larch, and, in 1792,* had stood nine or ten years ; the timber then remaining in a sound, firm state.
Page 19 - ... kind of timber than with Oak. All which considerations make it merit the attention of every sincere friend to his country, at least so far as to get a fair trial made, to see whether it would answer all these valuable purposes- or not*.
Page 179 - The composition being thus made, care must be taken to prepare the tree properly for its application, by cutting away all the dead, decayed, and injured part, till you come to the...
Page 231 - Thus, a skilful barker will skin a tree or branch as completely as a butcher will a beast. But, the point most particularly to be observed in this art is, to take off the bark in as long shreds or strands as possible, for the conveniency of carriage to, and drying it on the horses. These are formed of long branches ; and pieces of a yard in length, sharpened at one end, and having a knag at the other to receive and support the end of the former. Two knags are driven into the ground at the distance...
Page 242 - Considered agriculturally,' says an English writer, 'the advantages to be derived from subdividing extensive tracts of country by plantations are evidently great, whether considered in the light of affording immediate shelter to the lands, or in that of improving the local climate.' The fact that the climate may be thus improved, has, in very many instances, been sufficiently established. It is indeed astonishing how much better cattle thrive in fields even but moderately sheltered, than they do...
Page 229 - The barkers are provided with light, short-handled ashen mallets, the head being about eight inches long, three inches diameter in the face, and the other end blunt, somewhat wedge-shaped ; with sharp ashen wedges, somewhat spatulashaped, and which may either be driven by the mallet, or, being formed with a kind of handle, may be pushed with the hand.