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The best stimulus for improved farm woodlots is in finding a 

 profitable outlet for the products. Much emphasis is given to better 

 planting, thinning, cutting, protection, and other silvicultural prac- 

 tices, but little has been accomplished to assist the farmer in securing 

 a good price for his product. If his forestry efforts are successful 

 and profitable, he will be encouraged to practice better forestry on 

 his woodlands for the future. 



R. K. Day of the Forest Service has pointed out that one owner 

 in the Ohio Valley has kept an accurate record of cash sales for 13 

 years since the World War. He received a total cash income of over 

 $10,000 or a return of $10.73 per acre per year from 75 acres of farm 

 woodlands. The area is classified under the Indiana tax law so the 

 yearly taxes do not exceed 10 cents per acre. All the work was done 

 by the farmer and his immediate family, and no hired teams were 

 employed. This owner cut, sold, and delivered 266,000 b.f. of hard- 

 wood logs at an average price of $35.00 per m.b.f. He also sold and 

 delivered 643 cords of fuelwood at an average price of $3.10 per cord, 

 and supplied his own needs of 25 cords per year. Although over 

 700 b.f. per acre were cut during the last two years, the woods appear 

 to be at least 90% stocked. 



Much damage to reproduction and young growth has been inflicted 

 by the grazing of domestic animals, especially in the hardwood for- 

 ests of the Central States, as in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. 



Considerable progress in woodland management was achieved 

 through the Clarke-McNary Act of 1924. Since then, 39 states have 

 provided for forest extension work through the various state agricul- 

 tural colleges to assist in establishing, improving, and renewing wood- 

 lots, shelterbelts, windbreaks, and other forest growth, and in mar- 

 keting or cutting the products. Forestry work with the 4-H Clubs 

 has been effective and promises much for the future of woodlot for- 

 estry. 



In effect, many farm woodlands are already managed on a sus- 

 tained yield basis. A woodlot in northern New Jersey has supplied 

 one family for six generations with a regular source of fuelwood, 

 posts, and farm timbers, and the forest was generally maintained in 

 excellent condition. 



4. PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTIES AND DETERRENTS TO THE 

 PRACTICE OF PRIVATE FORESTRY 



Many factors have tended to discourage or prevent the more 

 rapid practice of forestry on private timber property. Among these 

 may be mentioned the following: 



