REVIEWS 



Marketing Farm Woodlot Products in Georgia. By George N. 

 Lamb, Forest Examiner, U. S. Forest Service. Bulletin 129, Georgia 

 State College of Agriculture. 



According to the author, there are three natural forest regions in 

 Georgia — the mountain region, occupying the northern part of the 

 State; the Piedmont region, extending south to Columbus and Au- 

 gusta, in the central part of the State, and the coastal plain, extending 

 to the ocean. The northern region is rough and mountainous, from 41 

 to 79 per cent of the farms being timbered. The large size of the farm 

 woodlot will always make woodlot products in this region of immense 

 value. There is a market for tanbark, posts, ties, cordwood, poles, and 

 sawlogs. Shortleaf pine and the oaks make up the major portion of 

 the stands. The railroads running north and south between mountain 

 ridges make transportation facilities poor and necessitate shipping long 

 distances to the markets, which lie mostly to the south. 



In the Piedmont region the lands are rolling and the soil fertile. The 

 farm woodlots occupy on the average 35.4 per cent of the farms. Vari- 

 ous southern pines and oaks work up the most of the stands. But little 

 timber is shipped from this region, there being a good market for most 

 products. The coastal-plain region is comparatively level. The propor- 

 tion of woodlots in farms runs from 21 per cent to 91 per cent, vary- 

 ing -in different portions. Pines, oak, and hickory make up the prin- 

 cipal stands in the upland and cypress and gum the principal swamp 

 stands. There is a good market for all products from woodlots. 



The important commercial species are listed together with the prod- 

 ucts into which each can be manufactured by the woodlot owner. The 

 industries utilizing products from the woodlots are taken up and a de- 

 scription of the products, as to size and form, is given ; also prices for 

 1916. This information is gathered together into a comprehensive 

 table showing the principal kinds of woods and the industries that use 

 different products. The Doyle Rule and the Scribner Decimal C Rule 

 are printed in full, the Doyle-Scribner Rule being in common in Geor- 

 gia. The market values of various kinds of woods in different forms 

 are given for the year 19 16 and also stumpage prices of timber. 



Since it is often necessary in marketing woodlot products to ship by 

 rail, often long distances, tables are printed showing the minimum 



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