American Fork Citizen | 1920-01-31 | Page 4 | Winter Work for Farmers

WINTER WORK FOR FARMERS Wood Cutting In Cool Weather Doea Not Interfere With Field Crop Operation. Farmers, ns n rule, hnvo too much to do at certain times of tho year and not enough at others. Many farms are unprofitable becuuso their owners hnve llttlo or nothing plnnned for winter. Wood cutting can bo doao nt any time, but cool weather favors tho rato of production, nnd In tho winter tho work does not conflict with thnt on regulnr field crops. If cut In winter logs nre not subject to rapid drying, nor to deep checking nt the ends of the logs, which often occurs In summer-cut logs and appreciably reduces their snlo value. Itccauso of Injury from the southern pine bark beetle In tho hot season, It Is practically necessary to cut pine In tho fnll and winter months. Damaga nnd loss In summer often como from wood-rotting fungi, Including the "bluing" nnd other stnlnlng of wood. For theso reasons a good many farmers farm-ers turn prolllnbly to logging nnd snw-milling snw-milling for n few fall or winter months ench yenr. Nearly every kind of wood product enn be satisfactorily hnndled In winter, nccordlng to the forest ser vlco of the United Stntes department of agriculture.