Show WOODLOTS VALUABLE I 1 tifrit th at l lib he woodlot owned who merely guesses at beah df abt aff bl his S timber er may IS gasc w work 0 c very costly aswell is well illustrated 1 by the following instances of the difference between g guesswork besz and intelligent solving of I 1 woodlot problems taken from U S department of agriculture farmers bulletin measuring an marketing woodlot products A woodlot owner in maryland received an offer of 1500 for a tract of timber which lie was inclined to accept as a fair price before the s sale ale was made however lie he requested the advice of be state forester as to the amount and value of the timber As a result the state forester made an extermination of the tract estimated the market value of the timber and furnished buish the owner a list of tim timber operators who might be prospective buyers the timber was then publicly advertised with the result that the man who had previously made the 1500 offer rais ed his bid to and the sale aae was finally made to another per son for about only three months elapsed between the date of the first offer and the final sale not only was the 0 original rigi nal offer increased by nearly per cent but the woodlot was wag also left in excellent condit condition iori this thi Is was accomplished by having the trees to be cut selected and marked by the state fo forester iester with a view to leaving the ing timber on the ground together with sufficient seed trees to restock the open places the called tor for close utilization by cutting the stumps low an dusing to small diameters in the tops tho the lopping ng of tops for cordwood and the scattering of the remaining brush |