FARMS 179 



In selecting trees for a wood-lot that must be 

 planted, one should use many kinds, endeavoring 

 to reproduce as far as possible all the interesting 

 features of the natural forest, not forgetting the 

 wild flowers. The entire lives of farmers' sons and 

 daughters will be enriched and made happier if 

 they have an acquaintance with the native growth 

 that has been suggested above and with the birds 

 and animals that would take refuge in this growth. 



While called a " wood-lot," it need not be a square 

 or regular shaped area. It might stretch along a 

 highway to which it will add comfort and attractive- 

 ness as well as to that of the farm. It might cover 

 a hill-side or any irregular ground that is not espe- 

 cially adapted to cultivation, or it might extend 

 along the borders of a stream or lake. 



A variety of trees has been recommended, but 

 this does not mean that in suitable places there should 

 not be groves of nut-trees or sugar maples for the 

 production of a valuable crop. One of the delights 

 of a farm should be the gathering of nuts or the 

 making of sugar. 



Ordinarily a wood-lot should not be pastured. 

 Pasturing destroys the undergrowth and allows the 

 wind to dry out the ground so that the trees them- 



