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Show farmwoodland" yields profit Firewood, Fence Posts and Material Mate-rial for Repair and Building Build-ing Always at Hand. ALSO AFFORDS PROTECTION Trees Should De Located on Ground Too Poor for Cultivation Valuable Timber May De Produced With Little Care. A wcll-cnrcd-for "home" forest will make the farm more prosperous, add to the comfort of tho farm home, nnd enhance en-hance tho value of tho farm us nn Investment, In-vestment, snjs a new publication, "Forestry nud the Farm Income," Issued Is-sued by tho Forest Service, United Stntes department of agriculture. Farm forestry, properly practiced sii-plles sii-plles timber for fiirm needs, ennbles the owner to mnrkct surplus timber profitably, furnishes employment for men and team In winter, makes waste land yield a prollt, nnd IncrcuscH the sale value of the farm. Kveu It a former sells no timber, the woodland wood-land pnys, says the bulletin. The tlmo and money saved hy having lire-wood, fence posts, and mnterlnl for repair slid construction conveniently nt hnnd, ond the protection afforded tho crops, farm buildings, nnd stock nro worth considerably more than tho slight trouble nnd expense of raising and raring for the trees. Need Not Occupy Productive Land. Farm woodland need not occupy land that will grow other crops, It Is pointed out. On tho contrary, tho trees should be located on ground too poor to cultivate. A little euro given In the winter or nt other times when the fnrm work Is slack will make such land produce valuable timber, If fully stocked with trees nud well cared for, an acre of hardwoods should grow from one-half to one cord of wood yearly, while pine should produce from one to two cords. The prime essential for success In farm forestry, tho bulletin stntes, Is adequnte protection ngnlust tires. Forest For-est tires kill tho llttlo trees outright and weaken full-grown ones, so that they may become diseased or Infested with Insects. It also destroys tho humus cover and causes depletion uf the soil. Hurtling over the ground for the purpose of Improving grazing Is characterized as an expensive mistake. mis-take. Although It Is posclble to se- fc"'r-'-"'"'l'i'rwii;jil'' "im i'7c!Hr5 I-" .-,; ; v - Jf Not Only Is a Well-Mnnaged Farm Timber Stand a Source of Fuel, but It Shelters Farmstead From Prevail. Ino Winds. cure green grass for tho stock n week or two earlier In the spring by such n practice, many of tho rich leguminous plants nud annual grasses nro killed, leaving only tho bnrdy bunch, wiry nnd other coarse perennial grasses. Discretion In Cutting Necessary. Grazing almost Inevitably causes damage to the trees. Experiments huve shown thnt If tho best results are to lie secured stock should be excluded ex-cluded from tho woodland. When timber Is needed, tho cutting should be done so ns to cause tho least possible possi-ble waste of valuable wood and should not damage other living trees. The first trees to ho cut should he the dead or dying nud deformed nud diseased specimens, which simile out healthy trees. Less valuable kinds, such ns gray birch, aspen, hlnckjark oak. dogwood, dog-wood, sow wood, hluo birch, Ironwood, nnd others, should he removed In preference to the more valuable kind, Hy following this practice the woodland wood-land Is constantly Improved nnd Its value Is Increased. Preservative treatment will considerably con-siderably Increase the life of timber which Is tided for fence posts and other oth-er similar uses, mid Is distinctly worth while. Trentment with coal-tar creosote creo-sote has been found to be by far the most satisfactory process. |