LESSON FOR THE FARM 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, 

 at the post ofSce at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Charles H. Tuck, Supervisor 



VOL. X. No. 12 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 MARCH 15, 1912 



FARM FORESTRY SERIES No. i 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WOODLOT 



Walter Mulford 



In order to get a crop of potatoes, we plant and cultivate; if we want 

 the best orchard, we spray and prune; but we let nature plant and care for 

 the woodlot — and then we wonder why that woodlot does not pay ! 



Fig. 210. — The timber crop can be greatly improved in quality and quantity by proper 

 care. This stand of hardwoods has been given such care 



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