Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . he Woodlot.—The average woodlot at present is sufferingfrom the wrong point of view. It has been grazed and grazed again, burned,culled and culled again until in many cases the compact soil cannot suppor THE FARM WOODLOT 523 the growth of any desirable species or specimens. With the enormous standof timber covering the agricultural land in colonial times, it is no wonderthat the forest was attacked vigorously and even ruthlessly by the earlysettlers. It covered lands needed for til
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . he Woodlot.—The average woodlot at present is sufferingfrom the wrong point of view. It has been grazed and grazed again, burned,culled and culled again until in many cases the compact soil cannot suppor THE FARM WOODLOT 523 the growth of any desirable species or specimens. With the enormous standof timber covering the agricultural land in colonial times, it is no wonderthat the forest was attacked vigorously and even ruthlessly by the earlysettlers. It covered lands needed for tillage and it harbored enemies,beasts and redskins, of equal ferocity. With the end of the virgin timbersupply less than five decades away, the farm woodlot is destined to play astill more important role in supplying the local markets with necessarytimber. The reduction in the forest area and the increase in the value offorest products will make the woodlot more profitable each succeedingdecade. Since a crop of timber cannot be grown over night, now is the timeto start for the benefit of the next A Well-Protected Farm Homestead. By protecting farm buildings with trees, comfort of the family is vastly increased andfarm economy better maintained. To make specific recommendations for the management of the farmwoodlots in different parts of the country is impossible, for climate, soilconditions, species and markets are all different. General points only canbe covered and if further details are necessary, bulletins from the FederalForest Service at Washington or State Forest Office, or Manuals on Wood-lot Management may be sent for. At the outset the forest should be regarded as a crop of trees. It issown by nature and is harvested only once every forty to sixty years, butif the crop idea is kept in mind the cultural methods to be pursued will bevery easy to follow. The woodlot contains tree weeds, as well as desirable 524 SUCCESSFUL FARMING species, and the weeds as us
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