WOODLOT FORESTRY 



By S. B. Detwiler. 



[Here are a number of brief practical suggestions regarding the care, management and develop- 

 ment of the woodlot which will be of great value to the man who owns one and who does not 

 realize how much of an asset it is and can be made. — Editor's Note.] 



PRACTICAL forestry for the 

 ordinary farm woodlot con- 

 sists of: 



Protection principally against 

 fire and grazing, and to a lesser extent 

 against diseases and insect attacks. 



Damage cuttings of waste material on 

 the ground, dead or dying trees, etc., 

 which make the worst fire traps, and 

 breeding places for diseases. This, in 

 nearly every case, can be done at a 

 profit, as the material yielded will pay 

 for the labor. 



Avoiding waste. This means the use 

 of better and more careful methods in 

 the woods — cutting low stumps ; working 

 up all material in tops and limbs; 

 working ever\^hing into its inost profit- 



able form; taking care not to injure 

 remaining trees when cutting or hauling 

 in the woods, etc. All this is closely 

 connected with : 



Improvement cuttings made of standing 

 trees, in which the principal aim is the 

 removal of individuals which should be 

 cut for the benefit of the remaining 

 stand, and: 



Reproduction cuttings in which the 

 main idea is to secure a satisfactory 

 young growth from seed of the most 

 desirable species. 



Planting either on the open waste 

 places; or in existing woodlots, where 

 these are too open, or where they con- 

 tain too great a proportion of inferior 



Photo by E. T. Kirk. 



Forest Planting Needed Here. 



erosion is already noticeable, ant) in time the soil will all be washed away. forest planting will 



save it and at the same time produce a crop of marketable timber. 



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