FORESTRY 167 



Problems. 



1. At $6 per cord, what is the value of a pile of 

 wood 240 feet long, six feet high and four feet wide? 



2. A farmer gets six cords of wood from ten trees. 

 With wood at $5.50 per cord, what is the value of 

 these trees? 



3. What is the value of a single tree at the same 

 rate? 



4. Suppose there are fifty such trees on an acre, 

 what is the value of the wood on this piece of land? 



5. What is the value of a wood lot of fifteen acres 

 at the same rate? 



6. Suppose a farmer removes the five biggest trees 

 per acre from his wood lot each year. If each tree 

 makes ^4 of a cord of wood, worth $6 per cord, and it 

 costs 8oc per cord for cutting, what profit does he 

 make per acre on his wood lot? 



7. Compare this with the profit on an acre of oats. 



8. Compare it with the profit on an acre of corn. 



9. What will the profit on a twelve acre wood lot 

 be at the same rate ? 



10. Compare this with the profit on twelve acres 

 of meadow. 



11. Pupils make 'and solve similar problems from 

 data furnished by the teacher, themselves or their 

 parents. 



