PREFACE 



IT is the purpose of this book to aid the farmer in the 

 estciblishment, care, and utilization of such small patches 

 or plantations of timber as may be maintained in connec- 

 tion with the farm. The actual operations and the infor- 

 mation necessary to conduct them are described accurately, 

 we hope, but in a brief and popular style. The history and 

 significance of the forests are briefly sketched as a back- 

 ground for the more specific data which apply directly to 

 the woodlot, but the complicated and technical problems 

 which are encountered only in the management of large 

 tracts of forest have been carefully avoided. 



It is hoped that the volume will prove of value to the 

 woodlot owner as a handbook in the proper management 

 of his tree crop, and as a textbook for the agricultural 

 student, who should be familiar with the possibilities of 

 all his farm lands. 



The authors are under obligation to the United States 

 Forest Service for plates 1, 2, 10, 11, ll'. 1 1. IS. L'l, 25, 27, 

 29, 30, 33, 34, 36 to 54, and 56 to 62 inclusive. 



E. G. CIIKYNI V. 

 J. P. WENTLING. 



UNIVERSITY F\I;M. M. PAUL, MINN., 

 May 1, 1914. 



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