Show Interest Boys in Managing l Trees Club Members l Being Taught How to Handle Pine Wood WoodLots Lots on Farm Pre Ared by the tho United States Department f or of Agriculture Club boys In New Hampshire have bays demonstrated through a JunIor exten- exten r slon Elon forestry project that trees may nitty be bei i look looked upon and managed as a crop rop It if gIven attention under the direction ot of a forestry expert A report received re- re by the United States Department Depart Lepart ment of Agriculture states that club boys are being taught tIle the management of pine wood lots through handling a aI I quarter of an acre up to an acre on the faintly farm The work worl has been received with enthusiasm and nd has served Its purpose very It U. U consists consists' of two general types ot of ac- ac planting and thinning Sometimes Some Some- Sometimes times the latter worl is Is' Is referred to toas toas as Improvement cutting or weeding Different Cuttings It was found necessary t to and call attention of club members to the different t tyleS leS of cuttings and to prepare definite Instructions Instructions In- In both written and oral for each type Each lot presents different differ differ- eat ent conditions and the solution ot of problems which require a personal visit pf ot the junior extension agent This limits the number ot of club members mem- mem hers bers who can undertake the wor worl until untila a forestry specIalist can be added adde to the extension staff The boys who tale take part In the tree tree- planting division are expected to plant at least a fourth of an acre between March 1 and June 1 this year The extension agent will supervise super the purchase purchase pur- pur chase and planting of the trees Each club member Is to report the number of tre trees s living on October 15 15 11 1025 25 Improvement Cutting Improvement deals with three groups ot of trees trees- young trees oung pine stands under ten years ears of ae age those between ten and thirty years old and those over o thirty years The object Sn In the first group Is to free the young group from overtopping older o or undesirable undesirable un- un desirable trees In the second to concentrate concentrate con con- growth on the more valuable trees and In the third type to Increase Increase In- In crease crease the diameter growth of the trees and the total production ot of the stand Thirty one boys enrolled In the planting vork last year and set out over seedlings Some of these were planted by boys on town land some on national reservation and others on the home farm wood lot Several boys enrolled for thinning The planting work receIved more popular pop pop- ular s 's support and public praise than the wood lot management phase To o give this new project a start the SocIety So- So clety for tor the Protection of New Hamp- Hamp Forests has offered generous money prizes for a state and county forestry contest which started this past fall fail Six counties have entered and anda a fresh Impetus Is being given the junior forestry work The contest will extend until next October |