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by-trades connected with forestry.
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figures are given in Table 39, concerning the imports and exports of
tar and pitch during later years. The manufacture of tar is made either
in open, so-called "tar-hollows" (see illustration below) or in so-called
"tarring-furnaces". There are also some small establishments for
production on a larger scale.
The manufacture of potash has decreased considerably; it even appears
to be on the point of extinction.
As a by-trade of forestry is sometimes reckoned peat-digging and the
industries connected with it, which, however, is scarcely correct.
Now-a-days, peat-production has developed to 011 independent trade of great
importance, possessing still greater future possibilities. An account of
the present state of things in this connection is given in the following
pages under the heading: Manufacturing Industries.
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