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Show VALUE OF WOOD-LOT TIMBER Farmer Should Familiarize Himself With Products Big Losses Can Be Prevented. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture ) Lack Of familiarity with the business of timber selling usually puts the own I -.- of a small woodland at a disadvan tage, and in many regions material from the wood lot is sold considerably less than its real value. The loss to ; the farmers Is, In the aggregate, very ; large. In order to stop Ibis loss. It Is necessary that the farmer Informs himself him-self about the different kinds of grades of wood lot products, the methods Ol estimating and measuring them and as certnlnlng their value, the methods of selling, the markets, and the current. naaTket prices. Imperially does he need reliable Informal ion about the amount and real value of his standing timber and the location of good mar-1 mar-1 sets. Farmers' Bulletin T16, which niay he bad free, contains detailed In- f formation on these points. 1 GRAIN DESTROYED BY FIRES & Considerable Amount Lost Each Year B Avoid Placing Number of Stack in Small Space. 2 (Prepared by the United States Depart- B ment of Agriculture.) K A considerable amount of grain In S the field is lost each year hy fires g. which reach the stocks through dry f, stubble or through lightning. lire K protection demands that a large niim- 5 tier of stacks should not he placed In g a small space and that each group of fe stacks be safeguarded by means of a 6 firebreak. Special precautious should E be given as to preventing thrashing en-J en-J ;lneit ettlug lire to grata |