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first in the \va}- of money returns, the vakie of the wood being 

 S200. Deducting expenses leaves a return of $57.55. and allow- 

 ing the same stumpage price of $1 per cord gives a net return of 

 $7 after every expense has been deducted. In the improvement 

 of the farm woodlot the labor would ordinarily be done by the 

 farmer himself and would usually not l)e reckoned as an item of 

 expense. 



The .second cutting was conducted entirely for the purpose of 

 improving the woodlot. Being an improvement cutting, the to- 

 tal amount of material procured was very much less in compari- 

 son with that from the year previous yet enough wood was pro- 

 cured to more than pa\' for the cost of marking, cutting and 

 hauling, piling and burning the brush, and still leave a small 

 margin of profit even where the cutting and piling of the wood 

 cost $2 per cord as it did in this operation. The item of mark- 

 ing which was required on the University woodlot would not be 

 necessary where one did his ow^n cutting. 



In addition to the pecuniary returns obtained from the woods, 

 the conditions for growth of the remaining trees are far better 

 than before the thinning was made and a greater volume produc- 

 tion of wood wall be secured than would have been possible with 

 previous conditions and better financial return from the woods 

 can therefore be obtained in the future. Then, too, there is 

 about 8,000 feet board measure per acre of pine remaining in 

 the woods that is w^orth about $80 an acre where it is. 



