$ The Farm Woodlot 



dmilar land will furnish the data for calculating the future 

 ralue of the forest crop, and the conversion of these figures 

 nto terms of annual revenues will make possible compari- 

 son with usual agricultural revenues. Since the forest data 

 ire not based on actual results obtained on that land, a 

 nargin of safety must be allowed. On the other hand, 

 ;he trend of lumber prices is upward and the tendency 

 -oward increased cost of producing other agricultural crops 

 nust be carefully studied. We find ourselves involved in 

 itudies of growth, fertility, market and labor conditions. 

 Phis is a complicated problem, but it must be solved if we 

 ire to realize the best possible returns from our land in the 

 uture. 



The greater part of our land, when considered in the 

 nass, is too clearly of either one class or the other for its 

 ise to be questioned. There are, however, two classes of 

 and that are near the border line, the use of which 

 nust be decided by careful study: these are the farm 

 ands that are so run down as to produce little revenue or 

 hat have lost out in the competition with cheaper land 

 n the West, and the undeveloped land that was originally 

 orest land and has not yet been cultivated. The dis- 

 osition of these lands is very important, for its improper 

 [He means a tremendous loss to individuals, and more 

 specially to the nation. 



As an example of this doubtful class, the " hill 

 mds" of New York or some of the poor farm lands of 

 few England may be considered. Some of these lands 

 avo never yielded an income under tillage and should 

 rvn- have been cleared ; others yielded a small net revenue 

 ,'lirii first, cleared, but have simv iv:ised to Ix* profitable. 



