. Managing the family forest. Forest management; Woodlots. MANAGING THE FAMILY FOREST 55 but sometimes part of the crop pays more if sold as other products. For instance, tall, straight, well-tapered southern yellow pines, Doug- las-fir, or oaks may net more as poles or piling than as sawtimber. Large, high-grade logs of some woods like Douglas-fir, white pine, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, maple, and magnolia will often bring best prices as veneer. Good white oak sometimes sells at high prices to plants making barrels. It may pay to take the long, high-grade logs to a mill sawing large timbers; th
. Managing the family forest. Forest management; Woodlots. MANAGING THE FAMILY FOREST 55 but sometimes part of the crop pays more if sold as other products. For instance, tall, straight, well-tapered southern yellow pines, Doug- las-fir, or oaks may net more as poles or piling than as sawtimber. Large, high-grade logs of some woods like Douglas-fir, white pine, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, maple, and magnolia will often bring best prices as veneer. Good white oak sometimes sells at high prices to plants making barrels. It may pay to take the long, high-grade logs to a mill sawing large timbers; the shorter ones to a mill sawing lumber. It may be worth while to sell the hardwood and softwood. F—475750 Most trees are marked for cutting with a spot of paint about 5 feet above the ground and another below stump height. The upper spot is for easy finding by the cutters. The lower one is to indicate that the cutting of the tree was Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mark, Gordon G. , 1910-; Dimmick, Robert S. , 1911-. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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