Show WOODLOT WORTHY OF PROPER CARE Like Other Farm Crops T Trees ees Must Be Well Taken 00 Care Of 1 0 HARVEST SEASON IN WitHER WINTER C. C I Two Types Require Different I I Methods of Handling Cutting Handling Cutting AsI Assists Assists As As- I Greatly In Thinning and I Cultivation Wheat corn and potatoes require planting care and cultivation The crop of wood that grows on the tile farm woodlot requires much thuds less care than th these s others and in the majority of I ca cases cares es it Is already growing on the farm when the farmer takes tokes the land I Doubtless this this fact makes It ultI for the farmer to see this crop in the same light In which he lie regards the others Any other farm Carm crop must be cared for or or It will fail Call and the stand of wood on the woodlot Is no t S I I I Cutting a Crop From the Woodlot lion tion though the tile progress of deterioration lion tion lionIs Is not not- not so and so rapid may extend over oyer a long period of years Av sv A properly for cared woodlot will I the f farmer lri r a n cash crop at regular reg reg- J ular Intervals and will always afford a It supply of timber and fuel for home use nse The harvest season for the woodlot woodlot wood- wood lot Jot comes In the fall and In the winter end and nd the gathering of the harvest assists assists assists as as- also In the thinning and cultivation cultivation tion of ot the tile crop Require Different Methods In general there are two types of ot woodlots says the United States Department Department De- De of Agriculture and each of them requires a different method of handling The first type Is characterized characterized character character- d by the presence of old trees which dominate the stand The second second sec see ond type Is made up of a n nearly even even- aged stand of second growth In the first type the theold old trees may almost cx exclude lude the younger growth i or r they may army exist as a few scattered individuals throughout the stand I ISu Su Such h material material- is s very likely to b be losing osing value The way to check the loss Joss Is to cut th the old trees which have i n II mature growth and make mak room tor fora or a a n new w stand of ot seedlings A Al mature mature- tree treet should be cut for the l same reason renson that one cuts a n crop of oft wh what heat at when It Is thoroughly ripened d t f No dead or diseased timber should be I Ito to f allowed allo to stand p I f J v A woOd woodlot ot composed entirely ly of of mature ma- ma 0 7 ture tur b cleared at one v cutting The work should be carried g I on on-In on in with sufficient Interval between the cuttings to allow a new crop to come up If It this method is followed fob fol l- l lowed carefully the farmer will always al- al ways have a n crop of wood ready for l 4 harvest barvest on his woodlot When the ma ma- ture timber Is removed In n two or three cuttings the first cutting should be so managed as to open up the crown cover somewhat so BO that th thE tha leaves on the forest floor may may dec decompose I m- m 1 pose more rapidly and the germination of ot the seed be made m more re certain The remaining trees become fuore more wind firm and as a result of ot their crowns receiving more sunlight they produce m more re seed Wh When n the forest floor Is In good condition second cutting In Ina a mature woodlot can be made during the winter Inter following a be heavy vy see seed year Neither the first nor the second cutting should be be- beso so severe ere as to allow al nl- low Iowan an abundance of sunshine to reach the forest floor since sunshine lutes lates the growth of ot weeds and other trash Thinning the Stand In the second type of 01 woodlot where the farmer has an even aged stand of growth second timber he may begin to harvest est his crop by selectIng select Ing first the und undesirable ble species Often in such stands such trees as ns Ironwood threaten to overtop crow crowd out or damage the more valuable species species cies des like white ash or tulip poplar Sprouts sometimes arise too thickly from the stump of trees recently cut or the reproduction of a good species Is too dense In any of these cases some of ot the trees should be removed This process Is nothing more than the weeding out dut ut of ot the poorer Individuals Individuals individuals where they Interfere with the better ones In somewhat the same manner a thinning cutting Is used when In from rom 15 to 20 years ears the tile young stands reach a dense condition The principle is exactly the same as that applied by the truck track gardener who thins out his plants to secure the best development of ot a portion rather than a poor development de of the whole |