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mine timbers, posts, piling, handle wood, vehicle parts, cooperage stock, 

 excelsior, furniture, and tanbark. The prices given are for the year 

 1915-1916. In 1915 there were 700 sawmills well distributed in the 

 State, so that few localities were without one. 



In selling logs three grades are recognized — No. i (good logs), No. 2 

 (common), and No. 3 (culls). At some points it is the practice to 

 buy logs tree run at the price of common logs. The author shows 

 that the grading of the logs for sale will net the owner one-third more 

 than where they are sold at the average price for the tree run. This is 

 because good logs often run as high as 67 per cent and cull logs only 

 1 1 per cent. 



The Doyle Rule for finding the contents of logs is printed. Figures 

 are given to show the cost of manufacturing and marketing logs and 

 ties. At the end of the bulletin sixteen suggestions are given to guide 

 in marketing woodlot products. 



J. A. F. 



Marketing Farm Woodlot Products in Maine. By George N. Lamb, 

 Forest Examiner, U. S. Forest Service. Extension Bulletin 113, Uni- 

 versity of Maine. 



A series of bulletins on the marketing of woodlot products is being 

 issued by the U. S. Forest Service in co-operation with different wood- 

 lot States. These bulletins in general list the products produced by 

 farm woodlots, give the form and size of products demanded by the 

 market, and make suggestions as to the best methods of marketing. 

 However skillful farmers are in the growing and marketing of agricul- 

 tural products, they have shown a lack of knowledge as to how to 

 manufacture and dispose of their woodlot products to the best advan- 

 tage. This has been due largely to a lack of information on the subject. 

 Issued at a time when there is increased demand for woodlot products, 

 these bulletins should enable the woodlot owner to work up his timber 

 into products that will secure the highest returns. 



The U. S. Census of 1910 gives the value of woodlot products in 

 Maine as $5,626,900, an average annual return per farm woodlot of 

 $134. This is 14.2 per cent of the total value of farm crops, or third 

 among the crops produced in the State. There are 2,775,621 acres of 

 woodland in the 60,016 farms. The decrease of 3.9 per cent of lands 

 in farms in the last 30 years and a decrease of 32.3 per cent improved 

 land on the farms show that the woodlot will contiiuic to be a very 

 important part of Maine farms. 



