. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. F4%K':A*^.4'»""^^^*' •"**f* A Well-maxaged Woodlot Contains Tall, Straight Trees or Various Kinds and Sizes. Well-kept Woodlots are Filled With Sound, Healthy Trees 18 to $5,029, and tliere roiiuiins a[)i)roxiiMateh^ 25U cords of mill slabs, wliieli lie retails for fuel wood at .$1-25 per cord at the mill. The total expenses for ciittiiiu', lo,i>'<;iiiu- and s;i\\inj^' amounted to $, leaving a net i-etiirn of over $2,429. or $202 per aere. .Mr. AVai-ren still owris the land, w
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. F4%K':A*^.4'»""^^^*' •"**f* A Well-maxaged Woodlot Contains Tall, Straight Trees or Various Kinds and Sizes. Well-kept Woodlots are Filled With Sound, Healthy Trees 18 to $5,029, and tliere roiiuiins a[)i)roxiiMateh^ 25U cords of mill slabs, wliieli lie retails for fuel wood at .$1-25 per cord at the mill. The total expenses for ciittiiiu', lo,i>'<;iiiu- and s;i\\inj^' amounted to $, leaving a net i-etiirn of over $2,429. or $202 per aere. .Mr. AVai-ren still owris the land, whieh is ready to piN/dnee another eroj) of timhei-. .Mr. F. J. :\[arket, Wileox, Flk County, has 1,400 aeres of timber- land that he ])urehase(l for $ an aere 28 years a«iO immediately fifter it had been eiit ovei*. A eareful estimate shows that the nrea A\ill now j)ro(luee 25 coi-ds of cliemieal wood |)er acre, worth $ per eoi'd stumpaek worth $:*)5 ))er thou- saiul at the mill. .Mr. ^Market sa\s monev invested in \-ounir timber yields a good rate of int<'rest. Several young men in his nelghl)orliood took Ins adviee and bouglit np traets to hold for the next erop of timber. PUT WOOD IN YOUR WOODLOT The day of eheap wood is gone forever in Pennsylvania. The time s|)ent in earing for tlie woodlot will yield good financial returns when the ])roducts ni'e marketed. Trees grow into money ra))idly and when })roperly handled tlie ]U'oducts of the farm woodlands may be as val- uable as tlie average agricultural crops in the locality. I'hinting forest trees on stee]) hillsides and on ])oor, stony soils of tli<» fai-m is a sin-e and safe way of building up a bank account for old age or the family that depends upon you. The idle acre on the farm is like the ''boarder" in the daiiw herd. It is not ]n'ofitable to main- tain either. Land that is too rocky, steep or poor to grow satisfactory agrieultui'al ci-ops can produce a good erop of timber trees. There seldom is
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