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more than is received for those that are sold. So that the profits will 

 be much greater than those given above. 



Suggestions on the care of woodlots. The first thing to consider 

 in the management of a woodlot is to decide where one is wanted. 

 There are some areas of land now in woodlots that are so rich and 

 valuable that it may be best to cut the wood and use the land for pas- 

 ture and later clear it. On other farms there is cleared land that is 

 of little value and that had best be set to trees. On still other farms the 



FIG. 184. An unpastured woodlot just over the fence from fig. 183. 

 excellent stand of white pine. 



woodlot is already in the right place. If it has been decided that a 

 woodlot is desired in a certain place, this area should be devoted 

 woods. It should not be pastured. If it is needed for pasture it wi: 

 pay better to devote half of it to pasture and half to woods. The pas- 

 ture part will then be gradually cleared, leaving only enough trees for 

 shade. Half the area devoted entirely to woods will probably grow as 

 much wood as the entire area will if pastured. It is poor economy t<- 

 try to grow trees and grass on the same land. 



After the area to be devoted to woods has been determined, the 

 woods should be looked on as a regular farm crop. The dead trees, 

 the ill-shaped trees, and the undesirable kinds should be cut. The open 

 spaces should be planted with good kinds of trees. Nearly all of this 

 work can be done in winter or at other times when little or no work 

 would otherwise be done. The planting can be done very rapidly and 

 at small cost. 



