FIG. 11. 



The Farm Woodlot 



The ashes are among the 

 valuable trees of the woodlot 

 because of the hard, strong 

 and useful wood. The white 

 ash produces the best wood of 

 ^ all the species and is the most 

 valuable. It is also the most 

 abundant. The various species 

 of the ash are not easily dis- 

 tinguished, since in their gen- 

 eral characters they are quite 

 similar. All the ashes have 

 opposite buds and have the 

 twigs flattened where the buds 

 occur. The green ash is prob- 

 ably a variety of the red ash, 

 but is a better tree. It is 

 largely planted in the prairie 

 states and is a very valuable 

 tree for this purpose. The 

 wood of the ashes is mostly 

 hard, strong, heavy and tough, 

 and is used largely in the manu- 

 facture of farm tools and im- 

 plements. It is also used for 

 making baskets, for interior 

 finish and in furniture making. 

 The ashes are not related to 

 the common mountain ash, 



Forest-grown white which belon ^ S ln the 



oak. Sorbus of the rose family. 



