PREFACE 



THIS book is an outgrowth of lectures delivered to Agri- 

 cultural students on Farm Forestry throughout several years. 

 It is written for study by students in Agricultural Colleges 

 and in High Schools. 



In the preparation of the book the author owes much to 

 the many writers on subjects relating to the care and manage- 

 ment of the farm woodlot and the utilization of the products of 

 the woodlot. The Bulletins and Circulars issued by the United 

 States Forest Service, by Agricultural Experiment Stations 

 and by State Forestry Departments relating to these sub- 

 jects, are full of valuable material and are the chief sources 

 of information. The aim has been to bring together in avail- 

 able form ideas and principles already well known. 



An appendix has been added containing several log tables 

 and volume tables, a basal area table, and other information, 

 nearly all taken from Bulletins of the United States Forest 

 Service. A simple method for finding the area of a farm 

 w'oodlot using the common compass has been described, and 

 a suggestive list of practicum exercises such as might be 

 included in a course on Farm Forestry. Photographs not 

 otherwise acknowledged were obtained from the United States 

 Forest Service. 



The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to the 

 following, all of whom made valuable suggestions and cor- 

 rections in the manuscript : R. C. Hawley, who read chapters 

 i-n; H. H. Chapman, who read Chapters n-iS, both of the 

 Faculty of the Yale Forest School ; A. K. Chittenden, Pro- 



