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location of these windbreak- is dictated by the necessity 

 for protection, and there is no reason why these same 

 breaks should not serve the double purpose of protection 

 and wood production. An increased width of wind- 

 breaks will greatly increase the efficiency of the break and 

 make it an adequate source of wood supply without with- 

 drawing nearly so large an area from cultivation as would 

 lie necessary if the windbreaks and woodlot s were separate. 

 The land thus devoted to tree growth should never be 

 than 5 per cent of the farm, and in many cases 20 

 per cent of it can be so used to advantage. In the case of 

 patchy land, the size of the woodlot should be governed by 

 the area of the non-tillable land, provided always that it 

 did not go below the minimum, as stated above. If the 

 proper soil classification has been made, it cannot exceed 

 the maximum, for there is no money in farming poor 

 soil. The land for this purpose should not be grudgingly 

 set apart or considered a loss to the farm. It forms as 

 distinctly legitimate a part of the scheme of farm manage- 

 ment as wheat, oats, corn or any of the other cultivated 

 crops, and in wood products alone will pay a higher rent 

 on the quality of land it occupies than any of them, 

 entirely apart from, and in addition to, its value as a 

 windbreak, a harbor and breeding place for insect-eating 

 birds, and a most pleasing feature in the landscape. 



SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS 



Every farm should have a woodlot, some large, some 

 small, according to the quality of tin >oil. but there is no 

 land so valuable that it will not pay to put a small part 



of it in a woodlot. 



