. Managing the family forest. Forest management; Woodlots. MANAGING THE FAMILY FOREST 53 soning takes 6 months to a year. Splitting helps, especially with large hardwoods. Live trees felled in summer dry out faster if the leaves are left on for 2 or 3 weeks. Stacks of cord wood can be dried outdoors in the sun and wind. For best results the pile should have a cover, or the top layer of sticks may be packed closely and slanted to shed rain. Use bed pieces to keep the bottom layer off the ground. Piling criss- cross speeds seasoning. SFLLING FOREST PRODUCTS. A profitable sale is the payoff in go
. Managing the family forest. Forest management; Woodlots. MANAGING THE FAMILY FOREST 53 soning takes 6 months to a year. Splitting helps, especially with large hardwoods. Live trees felled in summer dry out faster if the leaves are left on for 2 or 3 weeks. Stacks of cord wood can be dried outdoors in the sun and wind. For best results the pile should have a cover, or the top layer of sticks may be packed closely and slanted to shed rain. Use bed pieces to keep the bottom layer off the ground. Piling criss- cross speeds seasoning. SFLLING FOREST PRODUCTS. A profitable sale is the payoff in good forest management. It de- termines whether the owner's investments in cash and labor have yielded the highest return practicable. Selling forest products re- quires knowledge of products and markets, and experience. Too many people sell their trees to the first buyer who offers a lump sum for all their timber as it stands in the woods. Sales of this kind made without knowledge of the volume, quality, and value of the timber are unwise and often unprofitable. It is of utmost importance that the timber owner know what he has to sell, both kind and amount. A prime rule of good selling: Know how much timber you have for sale. Reports of woodland owners who received technical assistance from foresters prior to selling their timber demonstrate the value of know- ing what you have for sale. A typical example is the case of the owner of a family forest property in Oregon who had been offered $10,000 for his timber. Through the help of a forester, the owner received $60,000 for it. This is not an isolated nor exaggerated example. Foresters' files are full of similar cases. Finding a Market Whether the forest owner sells stumpage or converted products, he usually gains by looking over all likely markets before closing a deal. His local forester will know local prices and markets and may also be able to recommend firms farther away. Very often it will pay to advertise in the local pape
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