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Bedtom to8h'Y IA. 3PrIJ. 1920.
Mr. SKIbSrH,
Sir, The wagon makers, wth t., pre-.
fer the white ohA thai grows upon the fiat
sandy bottoms Of ogr water c0uhses. The
highland oak i, mol esteemed, nor vii u gnod
workman pHl II no ol upland oak in lellorI
spo,rs, hu,nd, o. = neuc. I hnye knonnn
wagon, nyldr 81 our bolton oak, Last twenty
five years. In ,nlh rdreely oVcI under shelter.
We use highland hickory tor nxlctrces. bot
tom white oak tor donhie and single trees and
The hitler, II not male al the lOushrsi wood
! vii suap IN two the first stump or root the
p ugh strikes
The slgus OF "A tousb sonndstiGk, are smooth
compact bark, honIshing Top, branches Sds
, spread, thick ut I = junction OF the plumula
AID radl,ula, narrowing gradually from thence
lor three or four feet, mud theu ascending Il
slightly diminished column Ia the branches
tree, possessing thrsc marks, has ihIgr
! erp~th>, aHd IN the usual course oil things il Il
tonglt Stick. but is mol IN ably 50 because
! the tree may hive received IN lis youth "A
wound, hy fire or otherwise, mar the ROOT
which has produced the ihrek but. 81 oss"u.
, in an indication oi lpughness. AneSpcren. d
aAeman VII tel, Al .4ht. whehe, II is natural
or The eject oi accident
| The time Of emtlag timber is of rs much i'm
poitanGe, 4 moi greapr. TO the durability and
usrfulnesi Of thr wood, than the orr inal qua Ii
~ oi il, aud the time thai suits one spa c,es o
wood will not suit another.
Our wagon makers cut their timber in ID,
dark Of the Fcbrntry moon. Mr.. Charlie.
Whitluw, who lectuled on botany in Philn
! drIphia, VA 1877, directed his class to cut tin
Der IN August II lS very certain the moon
has powerful influence on timber trees. an
-. 1 A A
vet believe the moon In, as much mAurmc,
nu he YrgeInb.r rs on the hnimHl kingdom
On n whi;ronka as on lunatic And why not
WY should not oar natural object be come C
ted with another material ohiec', by thai Lvi.
Tile sympathetic cham HhIch seems 10 opera .
lhrOug huu the empire of nature No dpuIp
appears TO exist of her Influence on man bu
whether she exercises III" control over the vas
, " deep, which Is attributed to her, am moi
prepared 10 determine but this | can asscr
fl ON expericnre-falls made of timber cut in
one sign OF the moon will last thirty yrats.whil,
rails made IN the same h"ld, cut IN au1ihc,
sign, will not last ten Yeas That timber dead.
ened aud el 10 stand, rs we do IN clearing
land IN one sign Of the moon, will become hand
aud lnty ey'm TO IT'S remote branches 10 : /
burnum can be discovered, and If II is perceptt-
BILE. il is rs indurated and durable as the heart
aDu Hill nU io' ~ many ythfN Whlle tmDef
in the same sol, in the same held, IN the same
situation, dead ned NJ another sign, " il become
soft, rot and quirkiy blow out OF root. To cur
mhsr at one time, the stump vii rot aud the
trunk continue sound and the stumn cut n,
one sign will continue 10 spront for many
years, mud cut Al another. no sprout will eve,
90 /, aud a Stump Gu, ~ one pr,iDd Of the
winter, vii continue green for three or fonr
years The above IS applicable solely 10 white
oak.
II durability is desirable, the timber should
be barked when cut. had observed msny trees
that have been barked a few feet above tn.
ground, and far az they had been parked the
wood was sound, and above it rotten to the
heart Ifgrern timber is immrrsed in running
water TOR six months, it will last longer and be
less liable to warp and spring. Than If expos
ed to the action of sun aud wind to wet and
dry.
A tree of rapid growth, which grows IN an
exposed situation aud open ground. ia necessa
rIy harder than one that grows in the woods
in tllcsame soil and other circumstances SINH
lar.
The time proper for deadening white OAK
is not suitable cor HICKORY bcus', Wild cherry
sc,