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the branches daily. When you take 

 the tree indoors, cut the butt diagonally 

 about an inch above the original cut 

 and keep the tree in a stand that con- 

 tains water. 



What does a farm forester do? 



Upon request, he helps the owner 

 of a small woodland work out a specific 

 management plan right on the ground. 

 He recommends the proper protection 

 and cutting methods ; assists the owner 

 in marking the trees to be cut; helps 

 measure the volume; and advises him 

 in the marketing of the products. Sur- 

 veys indicate that 2,000 farm foresters 

 are needed to assist the country's 4.25 

 million small- woodland owners; there 

 are now fewer than 200 on the job. 



How can I get advice and in-the- 

 woods assistance in handling my own 

 woodland right? 



Write your State forester at the 

 State capital or your extension forester 

 at the State agricultural college; or 

 get in touch with your county agent, 

 soil conservation district supervisor, or 

 the local Forest Service representative. 

 Any one of them will put you in touch 

 with the nearest farm forester, who will 

 work with you. 



What Government agency actually 

 gives demonstrations on growing tim- 

 ber as a crop? 



The State extension forester (usually 

 located at the State college of agri- 

 culture) works with the local county 

 agent in staging such demonstrations. 



What are the Norris-Doxey wood- 

 land-management projects? 



They are the projects set up, under 

 Federal law, to give on-the-ground 

 woodland-management advice and as- 

 sistance to farmers and other owners of 

 small woodlands. In 1948, farm forest- 

 ers worked with small-woodland own- 

 ers in 650 counties. The farm forests 

 are employed by the individual States 

 with the Federal Government sharing 

 in the cost and administration of the 

 various projects. 



Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



Is it profitable for a farmer himself 

 to do the necessary work of improve- 

 ment cutting in his woodland? 



It is possible for a farmer to make 

 a dollar or more an hour by doing his 

 own work in the farm woods. 



What is silviculture? 



Silviculture is the science and art of 

 establishing and tending forests to get 

 the best timber products. It is analo- 

 gous to the planting, weeding, and 

 other culture necessary to grow food 

 crops. 



What are liberation or improvement 

 cuttings? 



The removal of the bent, forked, or 

 knotty trees, and diseased, rotted, in- 

 sect-infested trees, and the broken and 

 fire-damaged trees. 



Why do you prune young timber 

 trees? 



By removing the knot-forming lower 

 branches, pruning makes it possible to 

 get clear wood earlier. 



What is sustained-yield timber man- 

 agement? 



A basic objective in timber manage- 

 ment is to fix a rate of cutting that 

 can be maintained at approximately 

 the same rate in perpetuity through 

 growth replacement of the volume har- 

 vested. Control over the rate of cut- 

 ting for this objective is sustained-yield 

 management. 



Is national forest timber ever sold? 



Yes. It is being sold currently at a 

 rate of approximately 4 billion board 

 feet a year. It is sold to supply needed 

 fuel and other products for domestic 

 use, to supply raw material for lumber 

 industries, to provide employment and 

 stability to towns or communities, and 

 to harvest the timber crop that is con- 

 tinuously being produced on our na- 

 tional forest lands. 



How is national forest timber sold? 



More than 25,000 sales are made 



each year. About 90 percent of all the 



