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To: marcos who wrote (82443)	3/15/2003 5:41:46 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi marcos; Thanks for the history on German forestry practices. Re: "in this area much of the ancient right of peasants to harvest dead limbs and needles etc [called together 'duff'] for fuel and animal bedding was taken from them, there is a name for this right and i've forgotten it, it's bad practise to overdo because it will desertify a sandy area." The removal of dead limbs is called "pruning" and improves the wood of the trunk by removing knots. The best timber comes from trees that "self prune". -- Carl