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The balance between farm consumption and farm production of 

 wood may be shown best by assuming that the existing woodlands aver- 

 aging 27.14 acres each, on 98,307 farms, is equally distributed among 

 the 237,181 farms of the state, giving each a wood-lot of 11.239 acres. 



Pbodtjction per Average Farm on 11.239 Acres op Woodland 

 a. Products useful on farms 



These values are derived from table on page 138 by multiplying the 

 product of one acre of woodland by 11.239. 



Thus the average farm wood-lot of 11.239 acres produces 25 per cent 

 of the lumber, 49 per cent of the posts, and 26 per cent of the fuel used 

 on the farm, which is a total of 385 cubic feet of wood or 67 per cent of 

 the total wood reciuirements of the farm. In addition it ])roduces for 

 sale in the form of mine timbers, cross-ties, piling, and cooperage 69 cubic 

 feet, bringing the total production to 454 cubic feet or 79 per cent of 

 total consumption. 



Offsetting this, the farmers secured from sources other than the 

 farm wood-lots of the state 51 per cent of the wooden posts, 75 per cent 

 of the lumber, and M per cent of the fuel used on farms. 



The farmer who is actually harvesting products from his wood-lot 

 consumes his own output in the following (juantities : fuel wood, 85 per 

 cent ; lumber and veneer logs, 53 per cent ; posts, 92 per cent. The 

 amount which he sells forms a relatively small part of the total farm 



