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The Farm Woodlot 



wood. The red and silver maples are very commonly 

 known as soft maples. They are faster growers than the 

 sugar maple but do not furnish wood as hard and valuable. 

 They prefer moist soil and will produce good fuel wood in 

 a comparatively short time. The box elder is not generally 

 considered a maple. It is the poorest of the four. It has 

 compound leaves resembling the ash, and for this reason 



THE KINDS OF MAPLES 



