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Number and quantity of rods per stool
Count a random selection of at least 12 stools.  Counting is easier if you quarter the stools laying sticks across them to avoid double counting.

Count both usable rods and unusable (waste) rods to give you the percentage yield.  If the wood is well stocked with stools you will not need more than 20 rods per stool to achieve a 12,000 rods per acre total.

No of Stools per acre

Usable rods per stool to produce

 

12,000 rods/ acre

8,000 rods/ acre

4,000 rods/ acre

400

30

20

10

550

22

15

8

750

16

11

5

 

 

 

 

The critical factor in a lot of in-cycle coppice is the amount of waste caused by shading, deer browsing or previous extraction damage.  The ingenious craftsman may be able to convert some of the waste wood into faggots, bean sticks etc. but be warned, if you are trying to make a living at making hurdles or spars leave well alone coppice full of unusable wood.

 

Jonathan Howe            5.9.95

edited                           12.9.96