. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. A Well-managed Woodlot Contains Tall, Straight Trees of Various Kinds and Sizes. Well-kept Woodlots are Filled With Sound, Healthy Trees 18 â wwwrwwiii ftwwinui 1%.^ ^^^ u-». -*(«â - â 'ii--''--r"'-nini ai â t - to $5,029, and there remains approximately 250 cords of mill slabs, which he retails for fuel wood at $ per cord at the mill. The total expenses for cutting', ]oj>:gin<»' and sawing amounted to $2,600, leaving a net return of over $2,429, or $202 per acre. Mr. Warren still own
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. A Well-managed Woodlot Contains Tall, Straight Trees of Various Kinds and Sizes. Well-kept Woodlots are Filled With Sound, Healthy Trees 18 â wwwrwwiii ftwwinui 1%.^ ^^^ u-». -*(«â - â 'ii--''--r"'-nini ai â t - to $5,029, and there remains approximately 250 cords of mill slabs, which he retails for fuel wood at $ per cord at the mill. The total expenses for cutting', ]oj>:gin<»' and sawing amounted to $2,600, leaving a net return of over $2,429, or $202 per acre. Mr. Warren still owns the land, which is ready to prvxluce another crop of timber. Mr. Â¥. J. Market, Wilcox, E\k County, has 1,400 acres of timber- laud that he purchased for $ an acre 28 years ago immediately after it had been cut over. A careful estimate shows that the area will now produce 25 cords of chemical wood per acre, worth $ per cord stumpage, and 50,000 board feet of hemlock worth $85 per thou- sand at the mill. ^Ir. ^Market says money invested in young timber yields a good rate of interest. Several young men in his neighborhood took his advice and bought up tracts to hold for the next crop of timber. PUT WOOD IN YOUR WOODLOT The day of cheap wood is gone forever in Pennsylvania. The time spent in caring for the woodlot will yield good financial returns when the products are marketed. Trees grow into money rapidly and when })roperly handled the products of the farm woodlands may be as val- uable as the average agricultural crops in the locality. Planting forest trees on steep hillsides and on poor, stony soils of the farm is a sure 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 dairy herd. It is not profitable to main- tain either. Land that is too rocky, steep or poor to grow satisfactory agricultural crops can produce a good crop of timber trees. There seldom
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